Which has higher tax rate, Sweden or United States?

United States, at 19.85 Rate against 19.15 Rate in Sweden as of 2023.

What is the difference in tax rate between Sweden and United States?

0.7 Rate, with United States ahead.

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.

Sweden

19.15 Rate

in 2025

United States

19.85 Rate

in 2023

Sweden rank

16th

United States rank

13th

United States currently reports 19.85 Rate against 19.15 Rate in Sweden, a difference of 0.7 Rate.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Sweden ahead.

Sweden ranks 16th and United States ranks 13th of 34 countries.

Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Decade	Sweden	United States	Difference	Ahead
2000s	25.91 Rate	19.56 Rate	6.35 Rate	Sweden
2010s	19.96 Rate	19.95 Rate	0.01 Rate	Sweden
2020s	18.57 Rate	17.37 Rate	1.2 Rate	Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Which has higher tax rate, Sweden or United States?: United States, at 19.85 Rate against 19.15 Rate in Sweden as of 2023.
What is the difference in tax rate between Sweden and United States?: 0.7 Rate, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and United States?: 24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
How do Sweden and United States rank globally for tax rate?: Sweden ranks 16th and United States ranks 13th 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.