Which has higher tax rate, Japan or Latvia?

Japan, at 20.08 Rate against 19.66 Rate in Latvia as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Latvia?

24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.

Eurostat, published as Tax rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Japan

20.08 Rate

in 2023

Latvia

19.66 Rate

in 2025

Japan rank

11th

Latvia rank

14th

Japan currently reports 20.08 Rate against 19.66 Rate in Latvia, a difference of 0.42 Rate.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Latvia ahead.

Japan ranks 11th and Latvia ranks 14th of 34 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 1 and Latvia in 2.

Decade	Japan	Latvia	Difference	Ahead
2000s	17.27 Rate	24.93 Rate	7.65 Rate	Latvia
2010s	19.36 Rate	26.1 Rate	6.74 Rate	Latvia
2020s	19.89 Rate	18.77 Rate	1.12 Rate	Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Which has higher tax rate, Japan or Latvia?: Japan, at 20.08 Rate against 19.66 Rate in Latvia as of 2023.
What is the difference in tax rate between Japan and Latvia?: 0.42 Rate, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Latvia?: 24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
How do Japan and Latvia rank globally for tax rate?: Japan ranks 11th and Latvia ranks 14th of 34 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Eurostat, published as Tax rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.