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Top income tax

What rate hits the top of a high salary there?

Top statutory personal income tax rate on wage income (OECD).

Latvia leads with 0.00 %; Japan sits last at 55.95 %. Best-for-you first — lower is better here.

Coverage: 37 of ~38 countries this field can reach — OECD members only

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1 of 37 countries between 0.00 % and 2.33 %1 of 37 countries between 13.98 % and 16.31 %2 of 37 countries between 20.96 % and 23.29 %2 of 37 countries between 23.29 % and 25.62 %2 of 37 countries between 30.28 % and 32.61 %1 of 37 countries between 34.94 % and 37.27 %2 of 37 countries between 37.27 % and 39.60 %4 of 37 countries between 39.60 % and 41.93 %2 of 37 countries between 41.93 % and 44.26 %2 of 37 countries between 44.26 % and 46.59 %5 of 37 countries between 46.59 % and 48.92 %4 of 37 countries between 48.92 % and 51.25 %5 of 37 countries between 51.25 % and 53.58 %4 of 37 countries between 53.58 % and 55.90 %median 45.78 %0.00 %55.90 %
Half of all 37 countries sit between 39.00 % and 50.00 %. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 1 value beyond it sits in the end bars.

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Fiji — no data yetTanzania — no data yetW. Sahara — no data yetCanada — Top income tax: 53.53 %United States — Top income tax: 43.65 %Kazakhstan — no data yetUzbekistan — no data yetPapua New Guinea — no data yetIndonesia — no data yetArgentina — no data yetChile — Top income tax: 40.00 %Dem. Rep. Congo — no data yetSomalia — no data yetKenya — no data yetSudan — no data yetChad — no data yetHaiti — no data yetDominican Rep. — no data yetRussia — no data yetBahamas — no data yetFalkland Is. — no data yetNorway — Top income tax: 39.70 %Greenland — no data yetFr. S. Antarctic Lands — no data yetTimor-Leste — no data yetSouth Africa — no data yetLesotho — no data yetMexico — Top income tax: 35.00 %Uruguay — no data yetBrazil — no data yetBolivia — no data yetPeru — no data yetColombia — Top income tax: 39.00 %Panama — no data yetCosta Rica — Top income tax: 25.00 %Nicaragua — no data yetHonduras — no data yetEl Salvador — no data yetGuatemala — no data yetBelize — no data yetVenezuela — no data yetGuyana — no data yetSuriname — no data yetFrance — Top income tax: 55.37 %Ecuador — no data yetPuerto Rico — no data yetJamaica — no data yetCuba — no data yetZimbabwe — no data yetBotswana — no data yetNamibia — no data yetSenegal — no data yetMali — no data yetMauritania — no data yetBenin — no data yetNiger — no data yetNigeria — no data yetCameroon — no data yetTogo — no data yetGhana — no data yetCôte d'Ivoire — no data yetGuinea — no data yetGuinea-Bissau — no data yetLiberia — no data yetSierra Leone — no data yetBurkina Faso — no data yetCentral African Rep. — no data yetCongo — no data yetGabon — no data yetEq. Guinea — no data yetZambia — no data yetMalawi — no data yetMozambique — no data yeteSwatini — no data yetAngola — no data yetBurundi — no data yetIsrael — Top income tax: 50.00 %Lebanon — no data yetMadagascar — no data yetPalestine — no data yetGambia — no data yetTunisia — no data yetAlgeria — no data yetJordan — no data yetUnited Arab Emirates — no data yetQatar — no data yetKuwait — no data yetIraq — no data yetOman — no data yetVanuatu — no data yetCambodia — no data yetThailand — no data yetLaos — no data yetMyanmar — no data yetVietnam — no data yetNorth Korea — no data yetSouth Korea — Top income tax: 49.50 %Mongolia — no data yetIndia — no data yetBangladesh — no data yetBhutan — no data yetNepal — no data yetPakistan — no data yetAfghanistan — no data yetTajikistan — no data yetKyrgyzstan — no data yetTurkmenistan — no data yetIran — no data yetSyria — no data yetArmenia — no data yetSweden — Top income tax: 52.41 %Belarus — no data yetUkraine — no data yetPoland — Top income tax: 32.00 %Austria — Top income tax: 55.00 %Hungary — Top income tax: 15.00 %Moldova — no data yetRomania — no data yetLithuania — Top income tax: 32.00 %Latvia — Top income tax: 0.00 %Estonia — Top income tax: 22.00 %Germany — Top income tax: 47.48 %Bulgaria — no data yetGreece — Top income tax: 44.00 %Turkey — Top income tax: 40.76 %Albania — no data yetCroatia — no data yetSwitzerland — Top income tax: 41.41 %Luxembourg — Top income tax: 45.78 %Belgium — Top income tax: 52.74 %Netherlands — Top income tax: 49.50 %Portugal — Top income tax: 53.00 %Spain — Top income tax: 48.58 %Ireland — Top income tax: 48.00 %New Caledonia — no data yetSolomon Is. — no data yetNew Zealand — Top income tax: 39.00 %Australia — Top income tax: 47.00 %Sri Lanka — no data yetChina — no data yetTaiwan — no data yetItaly — Top income tax: 47.23 %Denmark — Top income tax: 55.90 %United Kingdom — Top income tax: 45.00 %Iceland — no data yetAzerbaijan — no data yetGeorgia — no data yetPhilippines — no data yetMalaysia — no data yetBrunei — no data yetSlovenia — Top income tax: 50.00 %Finland — Top income tax: 51.79 %Slovakia — Top income tax: 25.00 %Czech Republic — Top income tax: 23.00 %Eritrea — no data yetJapan — Top income tax: 55.95 %Paraguay — no data yetYemen — no data yetSaudi Arabia — no data yetN. Cyprus — no data yetCyprus — no data yetMorocco — no data yetEgypt — no data yetLibya — no data yetEthiopia — no data yetDjibouti — no data yetSomaliland — no data yetUganda — no data yetRwanda — no data yetBosnia and Herz. — no data yetMacedonia — no data yetSerbia — no data yetMontenegro — no data yetKosovo — no data yetTrinidad and Tobago — no data yetS. Sudan — no data yetCosta Rica — Top income tax: 25.00 %Israel — Top income tax: 50.00 %South Korea — Top income tax: 49.50 %Austria — Top income tax: 55.00 %Hungary — Top income tax: 15.00 %Lithuania — Top income tax: 32.00 %Latvia — Top income tax: 0.00 %Estonia — Top income tax: 22.00 %Switzerland — Top income tax: 41.41 %Luxembourg — Top income tax: 45.78 %Belgium — Top income tax: 52.74 %Netherlands — Top income tax: 49.50 %Portugal — Top income tax: 53.00 %Ireland — Top income tax: 48.00 %Denmark — Top income tax: 55.90 %Slovenia — Top income tax: 50.00 %Slovakia — Top income tax: 25.00 %Czech Republic — Top income tax: 23.00 %Top income tax0.00 %55.95 %

The full ranking

1Latvia0.00 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
2Hungary15.00 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
3Estonia22.00 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
4Czech Republic23.00 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
5Costa Rica25.00 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
6Slovakia25.00 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
7Poland32.00 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
8Lithuania32.00 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
9Mexico35.00 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
10Colombia39.00 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
11New Zealand39.00 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
12Norway39.70 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
13Chile40.00 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
14Turkey40.76 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
15Switzerland41.41 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
16United States43.65 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
17Greece44.00 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
18United Kingdom45.00 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
19Luxembourg45.78 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
20Australia47.00 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
21Italy47.23 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
22Germany47.48 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
23Ireland48.00 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
24Spain48.58 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
25Netherlands49.50 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
26South Korea49.50 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
27Slovenia50.00 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
28Israel50.00 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
29Finland51.79 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
30Sweden52.41 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
31Belgium52.74 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
32Portugal53.00 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
33Canada53.53 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
34Austria55.00 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
35France55.37 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
36Denmark55.90 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
37Japan55.95 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026

Regional averages

Europe (25)

41.28 %

Americas (6)

39.36 %

Asia (4)

49.05 %

Unweighted mean of the published values in each region — our aggregation, not an official statistic.

How to read this figure

The top statutory rate on wage income — what the last euro of a very high salary is taxed at, combining central and typical sub-central rates (OECD). Almost nobody pays this on their whole income: it applies only above the top threshold.

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How to read this list

Top statutory personal income tax rate on wage income (OECD). 37 countries publish it; the rest are absent from the list rather than shown as zero. All figures were observed in 2025, so the list is a genuine snapshot. Each row still carries its date in the CSV and JSON. Nothing here is estimated or carried forward to fill a gap. This metric is one column of the full dataset.

Official sources onlySurveyed 2025Revised daily 05:20 UTCLicence CC BY 4.0