Taxes as a % of price: total tax by country

Countries reporting
188
Highest
89.4%
Finland
Lowest
5.7%
Guinea-Bissau
Median
55.3%
Years covered
15
2008–2022
Data points
1,480

What the numbers show

Taxes as a % of price: total tax is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 89.4% in Finland; the lowest is 5.7% in Guinea-Bissau.

The median across all reporting countries is 55.3%, and the mean is 53.9%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 16.

Over the past decade 117 countries rose and 67 fell. The largest increase was in Iraq (up 1,232.3%), and the largest decrease in Cuba (down 87.2%).

Taxes as a % of price: total tax: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Finland 89.4% 2022 up 12.0% rising
2 Estonia 88.2% 2022 up 14.7% rising
3 Madagascar 87.7% 2022 up 15.0% rising
4 Croatia 86.0% 2022 up 21.1% rising
5 Bulgaria 85.3% 2022 up 2.0% flat
6 Palestine, State of 84.6% 2022 up 1.7% rising
7 Bosnia and Herzegovina 84.0% 2022 up 12.3% rising
8 France 83.8% 2022 up 4.9% flat
9 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 83.7% 2022 up 4.5% rising
10 New Zealand 82.8% 2022 up 11.8% rising
11 Denmark 81.5% 2022 up 2.7% rising
12 Latvia 81.4% 2022 up 2.8% rising
13 Thailand 81.3% 2022 up 15.8% rising
14 Greece 81.2% 2022 down 1.1% flat
15 Türkiye 80.8% 2022 up 0.6% rising
16 Chile 80.3% 2022 down 1.6% rising
17 Brazil 80.2% 2022 up 27.1% rising
18 Belgium 79.9% 2022 up 5.0% flat
19 Slovenia 79.0% 2022 down 0.4% flat
20 Poland 78.4% 2022 down 1.5% falling
21 Andorra 78.3% 2022 up 39.2% rising
22 Mauritius 78.2% 2022 up 6.8% rising
23 Portugal 78.0% 2022 up 2.7% flat
24 Jordan 78.0% 2022 up 2.0% flat
25 Spain 77.6% 2022 down 1.4% flat
26 Malta 77.6% 2022 up 0.8% flat
27 Vanuatu 77.5% 2022 up 33.3% rising
28 North Macedonia 77.0% 2022 up 8.1% rising
29 Australia 77.0% 2022 up 27.7% rising
30 Netherlands 77.0% 2022 up 6.6% flat
31 Italy 76.7% 2022 up 2.0% flat
31 Slovakia 76.7% 2022 down 6.7% falling
33 Israel 76.6% 2022 down 0.6% rising
34 Argentina 76.5% 2022 up 9.3% rising
35 Morocco 76.1% 2022 up 12.5% rising
36 Lithuania 76.1% 2022 up 1.1% flat
37 Ireland 76.1% 2022 down 3.7% flat
38 Montenegro 76.0% 2022 down 5.7% rising
39 Nicaragua 75.7% 2022 up 160.2% rising
40 Czechia 75.6% 2022 down 2.6% falling
41 Serbia 75.1% 2022 down 7.1% rising
42 Egypt 74.9% 2022 up 3.3% rising
43 Georgia 74.5% 2022 up 59.1% rising
44 Cyprus 74.4% 2022 down 1.9% flat
45 San Marino 74.2% 2022 unchanged flat
46 Palau 74.1% 2022 up 29.6% rising
47 Austria 74.0% 2022 down 0.3% flat
48 Korea 73.8% 2022 up 19.1% rising
49 Saudi Arabia 73.8% 2022 up 232.3% volatile
50 Comoros 73.5% 2022 up 43.1% rising
51 Bahrain 73.4% 2022 up 266.9% volatile
52 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 73.4% 2022 up 3.3% flat
53 Peru 73.3% 2022 up 73.8% rising
54 Sudan 73.3% 2022 up 5.5% rising
55 Indonesia 72.9% 2022 up 43.0% rising
56 Cook Islands 72.8% 2022 up 2.5% rising
57 Hungary 72.0% 2022 down 13.9% falling
58 United Arab Emirates 71.7% 2022 up 186.9% volatile
59 Ukraine 70.7% 2022 up 5.5% rising
60 Seychelles 69.5% 2022 up 4.3% flat
61 Tunisia 69.4% 2022 down 10.8% falling
62 Romania 69.1% 2022 down 5.7% falling
63 Luxembourg 68.5% 2022 down 3.0% flat
64 Qatar 68.2% 2022 up 206.8% rising
65 Sweden 67.9% 2022 down 8.1% falling
66 Mexico 67.6% 2022 down 1.1% rising
67 Tonga 67.4% 2022 up 29.9% rising
68 Sri Lanka 66.9% 2022 down 10.2% falling
69 Albania 66.7% 2022 up 9.8% rising
70 Singapore 66.3% 2022 up 0.9% flat
71 Oman 66.0% 2022 up 197.2% rising
72 Uruguay 65.5% 2022 down 4.6% falling
73 Republic of Moldova 65.4% 2022 up 49.6% rising
74 Colombia 65.2% 2022 up 28.9% rising
74 Papua New Guinea 65.2% 2022 up 74.5% rising
76 Germany 64.4% 2022 down 11.8% falling
77 Rwanda 64.2% 2022 up 88.3% rising
78 Ecuador 64.0% 2022 down 12.3% flat
79 Iceland 63.6% 2022 up 11.6% flat
80 Canada 63.3% 2022 down 1.7% flat
81 Russian Federation 61.0% 2022 up 50.8% rising
82 South Africa 60.1% 2022 up 21.7% rising
83 Japan 59.9% 2022 down 7.1% falling
84 Norway 59.6% 2022 down 18.1% falling
85 Switzerland 59.0% 2022 down 5.1% falling
86 Tajikistan 59.0% 2022 up 91.6% rising
87 Bangladesh 58.4% 2022 up 8.1% rising
88 Niue 57.8% 2020 down 8.0% flat
89 India 57.6% 2022 up 37.9% rising
90 Yemen 57.0% 2022 up 8.5% flat
91 Belarus 56.6% 2022 up 59.2% rising
92 Panama 56.5% 2022 unchanged rising
93 Uzbekistan 56.4% 2022 up 92.6% rising
94 Eritrea 55.4% 2018 unchanged flat
95 Botswana 55.2% 2022 up 11.5% rising
96 Costa Rica 55.1% 2022 down 5.7% rising
97 Chad 54.9% 2022 up 115.9% rising
98 Eswatini 54.3% 2022 up 21.3% rising
99 Bahamas 53.6% 2022 up 103.0% rising
100 Lesotho 52.7% 2022 up 16.3% rising
101 China 52.2% 2022 up 4.7% rising
102 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 52.1% 2022 up 32.3% rising
103 Pakistan 51.8% 2022 down 13.7% flat
104 Malaysia 51.6% 2022 down 9.9% flat
105 Kyrgyzstan 51.2% 2022 up 62.0% rising
106 Marshall Islands 51.1% 2022 up 28.8% rising
107 Kiribati 50.9% 2022 down 2.3% falling
108 Namibia 50.6% 2022 up 5.3% flat
109 Philippines 50.6% 2022 up 75.3% rising
110 Kazakhstan 50.4% 2022 up 68.2% rising
111 Azerbaijan 50.2% 2022 up 170.7% rising
112 Guatemala 49.0% 2022 unchanged falling
113 Senegal 48.6% 2022 up 60.8% rising
114 Armenia 48.5% 2022 up 94.0% rising
114 Ethiopia 48.5% 2022 up 26.0% rising
116 Malawi 47.9% 2022 up 87.0% rising
117 Samoa 47.2% 2022 down 21.0% falling
118 Timor-Leste 47.2% 2022 up 40.9% volatile
119 Gambia 47.2% 2022 up 23.7% falling
120 El Salvador 45.7% 2022 down 13.7% flat
121 Micronesia, Federated States of 45.0% 2022 down 25.0% falling
122 Dominican Republic 44.7% 2022 down 23.7% falling
123 Algeria 44.2% 2022 down 13.1% falling
124 Grenada 44.0% 2022 down 11.0% flat
125 Nigeria 44.0% 2022 up 113.3% rising
126 Burkina Faso 43.5% 2022 up 35.1% rising
127 Solomon Islands 43.3% 2022 up 48.8% rising
128 Saint Lucia 43.1% 2022 up 44.2% rising
129 Barbados 43.0% 2022 down 10.8% falling
130 Naoero 42.2% 2022 down 0.3% flat
131 Mongolia 42.1% 2022 down 14.6% flat
132 Syrian Arab Republic 41.8% 2020 up 26.7% rising
133 Côte d'Ivoire 39.5% 2022 up 55.8% rising
134 Jamaica 38.8% 2022 down 15.8% falling
135 Fiji 38.7% 2022 down 5.2% falling
136 Gabon 38.6% 2022 up 87.3% rising
137 Cameroon 38.4% 2022 up 11.7% rising
138 Honduras 38.3% 2022 up 12.5% flat
139 United States of America 37.4% 2022 down 13.0% flat
140 Burundi 37.2% 2022 down 30.6% falling
141 Central African Republic 36.3% 2022 up 10.8% rising
142 Niger 36.0% 2022 up 16.5% rising
143 Myanmar 36.0% 2022 down 28.0% rising
144 Tuvalu 35.5% 2022 up 139.5% volatile
145 Liberia 35.0% 2022 up 74.2% rising
146 Zimbabwe 34.5% 2022 up 4.4% falling
147 Viet Nam 34.3% 2022 up 8.0% rising
148 Belize 33.6% 2022 down 9.6% falling
149 Equatorial Guinea 33.2% 2022 up 17.7% rising
150 Kenya 32.9% 2022 down 32.5% falling
151 Libya 32.0% 2022 up 80.3% flat
152 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 31.5% 2022 down 20.1% falling
153 Nepal 31.4% 2022 up 5.1% rising
154 Turkmenistan 31.3% 2022 up 4.6% falling
155 Cape Verde 30.2% 2022 up 168.6% rising
156 Tanzania, United Republic of 30.0% 2022 up 6.5% flat
157 Maldives 29.9% 2022 down 38.5% falling
158 Sao Tome and Principe 29.9% 2022 up 19.4% rising
159 Uganda 29.8% 2022 down 15.6% falling
160 Djibouti 28.6% 2016 up 18.8% rising
161 Trinidad and Tobago 27.6% 2022 down 15.4% falling
162 Cambodia 26.4% 2022 up 54.4% rising
163 Dominica 26.1% 2022 up 11.7% flat
164 Iran, Islamic Republic of 25.7% 2022 up 851.5% volatile
165 Togo 24.9% 2022 up 12.3% rising
166 Guyana 24.9% 2022 down 1.2% flat
167 Congo 24.9% 2022 down 22.7% falling
168 Kuwait 24.0% 2022 down 16.7% falling
169 Mozambique 23.9% 2022 down 1.1% falling
170 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 23.2% 2022 up 33.5% rising
171 Zambia 22.7% 2022 down 37.5% falling
172 Sierra Leone 22.6% 2020 up 67.4% rising
173 Ghana 22.6% 2022 down 1.4% rising
174 Afghanistan 20.7% 2020 up 474.4% volatile
175 Mali 20.5% 2022 down 28.1% rising
176 Saint Kitts and Nevis 19.8% 2022 down 2.3% rising
177 Paraguay 19.2% 2022 up 11.2% rising
178 Angola 18.0% 2022 down 22.9% falling
179 Mauritania 17.8% 2022 up 346.6% rising
180 Iraq 16.9% 2022 up 1,232.3% volatile
181 Lao People's Democratic Republic 15.4% 2022 down 22.7% flat
182 Antigua and Barbuda 14.9% 2022 down 0.5% flat
183 Benin 13.2% 2022 up 51.4% rising
184 Cuba 10.0% 2022 down 87.2% falling
185 Lebanon 9.9% 2022 down 77.2% volatile
186 Guinea 9.7% 2020 down 25.9% flat
187 Somalia 7.1% 2020 down 29.1% falling
188 Guinea-Bissau 5.7% 2022 up 2.7% rising

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Taxes as a % of price: total tax
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
191 places, 1,480 data points, 2008–2022
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