Tax rate by country
Countries reporting
44
Highest
40.63
Romania
Lowest
9.04
Spain
Median
19.3
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
1,129
What the numbers show
Tax rate is currently reported for 44 countries. The highest value is 40.63 in Romania; the lowest is 9.04 in Spain.
The median across all reporting countries is 19.3, and the mean is 20.02.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Romania (up 77.1%), and the largest decrease in Belgium (down 53.6%).
Tax rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romania | 40.63 | 2025 | up 77.1% | rising |
| 2 | Hungary | 33.5 | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 3 | Slovenia | 32.67 | 2025 | up 41.9% | falling |
| 4 | Denmark | 32.48 | 2025 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 5 | Slovenia | 31.94 | 2025 | up 38.7% | falling |
| 6 | Lithuania | 30.09 | 2025 | up 68.9% | rising |
| 7 | Lithuania | 29.61 | 2025 | up 66.2% | rising |
| 8 | Germany | 28.85 | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 9 | Poland | 24.82 | 2025 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 10 | Croatia | 23.73 | 2025 | up 11.9% | flat |
| 11 | Poland | 23.47 | 2025 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 12 | Croatia | 23.26 | 2025 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 13 | Bulgaria | 22.4 | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 14 | Latvia | 21.41 | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 15 | France | 20.98 | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 16 | Slovakia | 20.83 | 2025 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 17 | Japan | 20.08 | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 17 | Norway | 20.08 | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 19 | United States | 19.85 | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 19 | United States | 19.85 | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 21 | Latvia | 19.66 | 2025 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 22 | Slovakia | 19.34 | 2025 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 23 | Austria | 19.27 | 2025 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 24 | Iceland | 18.59 | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 25 | Greece | 18.53 | 2025 | up 19.5% | flat |
| 26 | Luxembourg | 18.35 | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 27 | Italy | 17.82 | 2025 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 28 | Sweden | 17.72 | 2025 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 29 | Czechia | 17.27 | 2025 | up 10.6% | falling |
| 30 | Türkiye | 16.69 | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 31 | Finland | 16.55 | 2025 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 32 | Netherlands | 16.46 | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 33 | United Kingdom | 14.75 | 2019 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 33 | United Kingdom | 14.75 | 2019 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 35 | Malta | 13.73 | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 36 | Netherlands | 13.62 | 2025 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 37 | Switzerland | 13 | 2023 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 38 | Estonia | 11.8 | 2025 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 39 | Belgium | 11.58 | 2025 | down 53.6% | falling |
| 40 | Cyprus | 11.45 | 2025 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 41 | Portugal | 11 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 42 | Estonia | 10.03 | 2025 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 43 | Ireland | 9.43 | 2025 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 44 | Spain | 9.04 | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.