List of countries by tax rate

The following list sorts countries according to their tax rate . The tax rate describes the amount of taxes paid as a percentage of gross domestic product or, in this case, gross national income . All types of taxes are included, including corporate taxes, income taxes, VAT and other taxes. All information is taken from the index for economic freedom of the American think tank Heritage Foundation and applies to 2016.

rank	country	Taxes as a share of gross national income
1	Denmark	46.6%
2	France	45.5%
3	Belgium	44.8%
4th	Finland	44.0%
5	Austria	43.5%
6th	Sweden	43.3%
6th	Italy	43.3%
8th	Lesotho	42.9%
9	Cuba	41.2%
10	Hungary	39.4%
11	Djibouti	38.7%
12	Bosnia and Herzegovina	38.1%
13	Norway	38.1%
14th	Netherlands	37.8%
15th	Croatia	37.4%
16	Iceland	37.1%
17th	Luxembourg	37.0%
18th	Germany	36.9%
19th	Greece	36.8%
20th	Seychelles	36.7%
21st	Slovenia	36.6%
22nd	Montenegro	36.3%
23	Botswana	35.8%
24	Ukraine	35.5%
25th	Serbia	34.6%
26th	Portugal	34.5%
27	Namibia	34.3%
28	Spain	33.8%
29	Estonia	33.6%
30th	Czech Republic	33.5%
31	Cyprus	33.2%
32	Brunei	33.1%
33	Malta	32.8%
34	United Kingdom	32.5%
35	Slovakia	32.3%
36	Poland	32.1%
37	Brazil	32.0%
37	Japan	32.0%
38	Canada	31.9%
39	Liberia	31.7%
40	Moldova	31.6%
41	Israel	31.4%
42	Argentina	31.3%
43	Solomon Islands	30.8%
44	South Africa	30.6%
45	Lithuania	30.1%
46	Turkey	30.0%
47	Mozambique	29.8%
48	Mauritania	29.7%
49	Russia	29.2%
50	Algeria	29.1%
51	Latvia	29.0%
52	Togo	28.5%
53	Macau	28.3%
54	Suriname	28.1%
55	Switzerland	27.9%
56	Australia	27.8%
57	Sao Tome and Principe	27.8%
58	Romania	27.5%
59	Cape Verde	27.4%
60	Barbados	27.3%
60	Belize	27.3%
60	Jamaica	27.3%
63	Republic of the Congo	27.2%
64	Bulgaria	26.7%
65	Ghana	26.5%
66	United States	26.4%
67	Swaziland	26.0%
68	Uruguay	26.0%
69	Georgia	25.9%
70	Senegal	25.5%
71	South Korea	25.3%
72	Bolivia	25.3%
73	North Macedonia	25.2%
74	Comoros	25.1%
75	Rwanda	25.0%
76	Fiji	24.8%
76	Zimbabwe	24.8%
78	Morocco	24.6%
79	Equatorial Guinea	24.3%
80	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	24.2%
81	Guinea	24.1%
81	Dominica	24.1%
83	Tunisia	24.0%
84	Maldives	23.9%
85	Bahamas	23.8%
86	Gambia	23.7%
87	Ireland	23.6%
87	Samoa	23.6%
89	Niger	23.4%
89	Costa Rica	23.4%
91	Belarus	23.0%
92	Malawi	22.5%
93	Nicaragua	22.0%
94	Kosovo	21.8%
95	Honduras	21.6%
96	Armenia	21.3%
97	Guyana	21.3%
98	Mauritius	21.2%
98	Gabon	21.2%
98	Burundi	21.2%
101	Mongolia	20.9%
101	Ivory Coast	20.9%
101	Venezuela	20.9%
104	Burkina Faso	20.6%
104	Tajikistan	20.6%
106	Kyrgyzstan	20.5%
107	Trinidad and Tobago	20.0%
108	Mali	19.0%
109	Uzbekistan	18.9%
110	Chile	18.8%
110	Ecuador	18.8%
112	Kenya	18.7%
113	Guinea-Bissau	18.4%
113	Zambia	18.4%
115	Benin	18.3%
115	Nepal	18.3%
117	Egypt	18.2%
118	Vietnam	17.9%
119	Cameroon	17.8%
120	People's Republic of China	17.5%
120	El Salvador	17.5%
122	Mexico	17.4%
123	Vanuatu	17.4%
124	Colombia	16.1%
125	Peru	15.9%
126	Panama	15.8%
127	Thailand	15.7%
128	Turkmenistan	15.6%
128	Kazakhstan	15.6%
130	Ethiopia	15.1%
130	Papua New Guinea	15.1%
132	Azerbaijan	15.0%
132	Cambodia	15.0%
132	Tanzania	15.0%
135	Sierra Leone	14.5%
136	Eritrea	14.4%
137	Uganda	14.3%
138	Hong Kong	13.9%
138	Chad	13.9%
140	Malaysia	13.8%
140	Paraguay	13.8%
142	Dominican Republic	13.7%
142	Philippines	13.7%
142	Haiti	13.7%
145	Singapore	13.6%
145	Democratic Republic of Congo	13.6%
147	Lebanon	13.5%
148	Laos	13.4%
149	Bhutan	13.1%
150	Jordan	13.0%
150	Taiwan	13.0%
150	Madagascar	13.0%
153	United Arab Emirates	12.8%
154	Guatemala	12.7%
155	Pakistan	12.6%
156	Sri Lanka	12.1%
157	Central African Republic	11.8%
158	Indonesia	10.4%
159	Angola	10.2%
160	Nigeria	9.0%
160	Sudan	9.0%
162	Bangladesh	8.8%
163	Saudi Arabia	8.7%
164	Oman	8.5%
165	Myanmar	8.2%
166	East Timor	8.0%
167	Iran	7.1%
168	Qatar	6.4%
169	Bahrain	5.6%
170	Afghanistan	5.0%
171	Kuwait	1.4%

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Country Rankings: World & Global Economy Rankings on Economic Freedom. Retrieved July 22, 2018 .