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Tax on pay

How much of my salary never arrives?

Income tax plus employee social contributions as a share of gross pay, for a single person at the average wage (OECD). The share of a salary that never arrives.

Colombia leads with 0.00 %; Belgium sits last at 39.55 %. Best-for-you first — lower is better here.

Coverage: 37 of ~38 countries this field can reach — OECD NPATR, same flow and type case as the wedge — members only

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1 of 37 countries between 0.00 % and 1.61 %1 of 37 countries between 6.45 % and 8.07 %1 of 37 countries between 9.68 % and 11.29 %1 of 37 countries between 12.91 % and 14.52 %1 of 37 countries between 16.13 % and 17.75 %1 of 37 countries between 17.75 % and 19.36 %1 of 37 countries between 19.36 % and 20.97 %2 of 37 countries between 20.97 % and 22.58 %6 of 37 countries between 22.58 % and 24.20 %6 of 37 countries between 24.20 % and 25.81 %2 of 37 countries between 25.81 % and 27.42 %4 of 37 countries between 27.42 % and 29.04 %1 of 37 countries between 29.04 % and 30.65 %2 of 37 countries between 30.65 % and 32.26 %2 of 37 countries between 32.26 % and 33.88 %1 of 37 countries between 33.88 % and 35.49 %1 of 37 countries between 35.49 % and 37.10 %3 of 37 countries between 37.10 % and 38.72 %median 24.93 %0.00 %38.72 %
Half of all 37 countries sit between 22.64 % and 29.28 %. 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 on pay: 25.61 %United States — Tax on pay: 24.31 %Kazakhstan — no data yetUzbekistan — no data yetPapua New Guinea — no data yetIndonesia — no data yetArgentina — no data yetChile — Tax on pay: 7.11 %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 on pay: 28.12 %Greenland — no data yetFr. S. Antarctic Lands — no data yetTimor-Leste — no data yetSouth Africa — no data yetLesotho — no data yetMexico — Tax on pay: 13.17 %Uruguay — no data yetBrazil — no data yetBolivia — no data yetPeru — no data yetColombia — Tax on pay: 0.00 %Panama — no data yetCosta Rica — Tax on pay: 9.85 %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 on pay: 27.98 %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 on pay: 21.43 %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 on pay: 16.53 %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 on pay: 22.64 %Belarus — no data yetUkraine — no data yetPoland — Tax on pay: 24.44 %Austria — Tax on pay: 32.48 %Hungary — Tax on pay: 33.50 %Moldova — no data yetRomania — no data yetLithuania — Tax on pay: 38.72 %Latvia — Tax on pay: 26.00 %Estonia — Tax on pay: 23.25 %Germany — Tax on pay: 38.68 %Bulgaria — no data yetGreece — Tax on pay: 26.12 %Turkey — Tax on pay: 29.28 %Albania — no data yetCroatia — no data yetSwitzerland — Tax on pay: 18.05 %Luxembourg — Tax on pay: 31.99 %Belgium — Tax on pay: 39.55 %Netherlands — Tax on pay: 27.86 %Portugal — Tax on pay: 24.93 %Spain — Tax on pay: 23.54 %Ireland — Tax on pay: 25.10 %New Caledonia — no data yetSolomon Is. — no data yetNew Zealand — Tax on pay: 20.81 %Australia — Tax on pay: 23.52 %Sri Lanka — no data yetChina — no data yetTaiwan — no data yetItaly — Tax on pay: 28.63 %Denmark — Tax on pay: 35.33 %United Kingdom — Tax on pay: 23.14 %Iceland — no data yetAzerbaijan — no data yetGeorgia — no data yetPhilippines — no data yetMalaysia — no data yetBrunei — no data yetSlovenia — Tax on pay: 36.21 %Finland — Tax on pay: 30.71 %Slovakia — Tax on pay: 24.27 %Czech Republic — Tax on pay: 21.33 %Eritrea — no data yetJapan — Tax on pay: 22.65 %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 on pay: 9.85 %Israel — Tax on pay: 21.43 %South Korea — Tax on pay: 16.53 %Austria — Tax on pay: 32.48 %Hungary — Tax on pay: 33.50 %Lithuania — Tax on pay: 38.72 %Latvia — Tax on pay: 26.00 %Estonia — Tax on pay: 23.25 %Switzerland — Tax on pay: 18.05 %Luxembourg — Tax on pay: 31.99 %Belgium — Tax on pay: 39.55 %Netherlands — Tax on pay: 27.86 %Portugal — Tax on pay: 24.93 %Ireland — Tax on pay: 25.10 %Denmark — Tax on pay: 35.33 %Slovenia — Tax on pay: 36.21 %Slovakia — Tax on pay: 24.27 %Czech Republic — Tax on pay: 21.33 %Tax on pay0.00 %39.55 %

The full ranking

1Colombia0.00 %Checked 5 Sept 2026
2Chile7.11 %Checked 5 Sept 2026
3Costa Rica9.85 %Checked 5 Sept 2026
4Mexico13.17 %Checked 5 Sept 2026
5South Korea16.53 %Checked 5 Sept 2026
6Switzerland18.05 %Checked 5 Sept 2026
7New Zealand20.81 %Checked 5 Sept 2026
8Czech Republic21.33 %Checked 5 Sept 2026
9Israel21.43 %Checked 5 Sept 2026
10Sweden22.64 %Checked 5 Sept 2026
11Japan22.65 %Checked 5 Sept 2026
12United Kingdom23.14 %Checked 5 Sept 2026
13Estonia23.25 %Checked 5 Sept 2026
14Australia23.52 %Checked 5 Sept 2026
15Spain23.54 %Checked 5 Sept 2026
16Slovakia24.27 %Checked 5 Sept 2026
17United States24.31 %Checked 5 Sept 2026
18Poland24.44 %Checked 5 Sept 2026
19Portugal24.93 %Checked 5 Sept 2026
20Ireland25.10 %Checked 5 Sept 2026
21Canada25.61 %Checked 5 Sept 2026
22Latvia26.00 %Checked 5 Sept 2026
23Greece26.12 %Checked 5 Sept 2026
24Netherlands27.86 %Checked 5 Sept 2026
25France27.98 %Checked 5 Sept 2026
26Norway28.12 %Checked 5 Sept 2026
27Italy28.63 %Checked 5 Sept 2026
28Turkey29.28 %Checked 5 Sept 2026
29Finland30.71 %Checked 5 Sept 2026
30Luxembourg31.99 %Checked 5 Sept 2026
31Austria32.48 %Checked 5 Sept 2026
32Hungary33.50 %Checked 5 Sept 2026
33Denmark35.33 %Checked 5 Sept 2026
34Slovenia36.21 %Checked 5 Sept 2026
35Germany38.68 %Checked 5 Sept 2026
36Lithuania38.72 %Checked 5 Sept 2026
37Belgium39.55 %Checked 5 Sept 2026

Regional averages

Europe (25)

28.50 %

Americas (6)

13.34 %

Asia (4)

22.47 %

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

How to read this figure

The OECD net personal average tax rate: income tax plus the EMPLOYEE’s social contributions as a share of gross wage earnings, for a single person with no children at exactly the average wage. This is the rate you can apply to a salary. It is deliberately smaller than the tax wedge on the same page, which measures a wider bite (it adds the employer’s contributions) over a wider base (total labour cost) — two honest answers to two different questions.

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How to read this list

Income tax plus employee social contributions as a share of gross pay, for a single person at the average wage (OECD). The share of a salary that never arrives. 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