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Tax wedge

What does employing someone really cost, tax included?

Tax wedge for a single average earner (type case, not advice).

Chile leads with 7.46 %; Belgium sits last at 52.48 %. Best-for-you first — lower is better here.

Coverage: 36 of ~38 countries this field can reach — OECD members only — the definition exists nowhere else

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1 of 36 countries between 7.46 % and 9.20 %1 of 36 countries between 19.65 % and 21.39 %2 of 36 countries between 21.39 % and 23.14 %1 of 36 countries between 23.14 % and 24.88 %1 of 36 countries between 24.88 % and 26.62 %2 of 36 countries between 26.62 % and 28.36 %1 of 36 countries between 28.36 % and 30.10 %4 of 36 countries between 31.84 % and 33.59 %1 of 36 countries between 33.59 % and 35.33 %3 of 36 countries between 35.33 % and 37.07 %6 of 36 countries between 38.81 % and 40.55 %4 of 36 countries between 40.55 % and 42.30 %3 of 36 countries between 42.30 % and 44.04 %2 of 36 countries between 44.04 % and 45.78 %2 of 36 countries between 45.78 % and 47.52 %2 of 36 countries between 47.52 % and 49.26 %median 39.34 %7.46 %49.26 %
Half of all 36 countries sit between 29.98 % and 41.44 %. 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 — Tax wedge: 32.12 %United States — Tax wedge: 29.98 %Kazakhstan — no data yetUzbekistan — no data yetPapua New Guinea — no data yetIndonesia — no data yetArgentina — no data yetChile — Tax wedge: 7.46 %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 — Tax wedge: 36.39 %Greenland — no data yetFr. S. Antarctic Lands — no data yetTimor-Leste — no data yetSouth Africa — no data yetLesotho — no data yetMexico — Tax wedge: 21.65 %Uruguay — no data yetBrazil — no data yetBolivia — no data yetPeru — no data yetColombia — no data yetPanama — no data yetCosta Rica — Tax wedge: 27.66 %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 — Tax wedge: 47.18 %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 — Tax wedge: 26.07 %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 — Tax wedge: 24.85 %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 — Tax wedge: 41.14 %Belarus — no data yetUkraine — no data yetPoland — Tax wedge: 35.03 %Austria — Tax wedge: 47.09 %Hungary — Tax wedge: 41.15 %Moldova — no data yetRomania — no data yetLithuania — Tax wedge: 39.79 %Latvia — Tax wedge: 40.14 %Estonia — Tax wedge: 42.64 %Germany — Tax wedge: 49.26 %Bulgaria — no data yetGreece — Tax wedge: 39.34 %Turkey — Tax wedge: 40.33 %Albania — no data yetCroatia — no data yetSwitzerland — Tax wedge: 22.98 %Luxembourg — Tax wedge: 40.16 %Belgium — Tax wedge: 52.48 %Netherlands — Tax wedge: 35.94 %Portugal — Tax wedge: 39.34 %Spain — Tax wedge: 41.44 %Ireland — Tax wedge: 32.63 %New Caledonia — no data yetSolomon Is. — no data yetNew Zealand — Tax wedge: 20.81 %Australia — Tax wedge: 27.90 %Sri Lanka — no data yetChina — no data yetTaiwan — no data yetItaly — Tax wedge: 45.76 %Denmark — Tax wedge: 35.76 %United Kingdom — Tax wedge: 32.38 %Iceland — no data yetAzerbaijan — no data yetGeorgia — no data yetPhilippines — no data yetMalaysia — no data yetBrunei — no data yetSlovenia — Tax wedge: 45.30 %Finland — Tax wedge: 42.48 %Slovakia — Tax wedge: 42.72 %Czech Republic — Tax wedge: 41.20 %Eritrea — no data yetJapan — Tax wedge: 33.12 %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 — Tax wedge: 27.66 %Israel — Tax wedge: 26.07 %South Korea — Tax wedge: 24.85 %Austria — Tax wedge: 47.09 %Hungary — Tax wedge: 41.15 %Lithuania — Tax wedge: 39.79 %Latvia — Tax wedge: 40.14 %Estonia — Tax wedge: 42.64 %Switzerland — Tax wedge: 22.98 %Luxembourg — Tax wedge: 40.16 %Belgium — Tax wedge: 52.48 %Netherlands — Tax wedge: 35.94 %Portugal — Tax wedge: 39.34 %Ireland — Tax wedge: 32.63 %Denmark — Tax wedge: 35.76 %Slovenia — Tax wedge: 45.30 %Slovakia — Tax wedge: 42.72 %Czech Republic — Tax wedge: 41.20 %Tax wedge7.46 %52.48 %

The full ranking

1Chile7.46 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
2New Zealand20.81 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
3Mexico21.65 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
4Switzerland22.98 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
5South Korea24.85 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
6Israel26.07 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
7Costa Rica27.66 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
8Australia27.90 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
9United States29.98 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
10Canada32.12 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
11United Kingdom32.38 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
12Ireland32.63 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
13Japan33.12 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
14Poland35.03 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
15Denmark35.76 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
16Netherlands35.94 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
17Norway36.39 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
18Greece39.34 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
19Portugal39.34 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
20Lithuania39.79 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
21Latvia40.14 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
22Luxembourg40.16 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
23Turkey40.33 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
24Sweden41.14 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
25Hungary41.15 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
26Czech Republic41.20 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
27Spain41.44 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
28Finland42.48 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
29Estonia42.64 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
30Slovakia42.72 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
31Slovenia45.30 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
32Italy45.76 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
33Austria47.09 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
34France47.18 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
35Germany49.26 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026
36Belgium52.48 %2025Checked 8 Sept 2026

Regional averages

Europe (25)

40.39 %

Americas (5)

23.77 %

Asia (4)

31.09 %

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

How to read this figure

The OECD tax wedge: income tax plus employee AND employer social contributions as a share of total labour cost, for a single person at exactly the average wage. It is a comparable type case between countries — not your personal tax rate.

Countries with the lowest tax wedge · Countries with the highest tax wedge

How to read this list

Tax wedge for a single average earner (type case, not advice). 36 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