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Countries by Direct taxes (2023)

Direct taxes in 2023: highest in United States (92.82%), lowest in Belarus (5.13%), median 38.37% across the 108 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Direct taxes (measured in %) across 159 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from World Bank.

Unit: %159 countries and regionsSource: World Bank
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1972–2024

Highest Direct taxes, 2023

  1. 1.United States92.82%
  2. 2.Canada78.48%
  3. 3.Malaysia67.9%
  4. 4.Angola67.14%
  5. 5.Papua New Guinea66.55%
  6. 6.New Zealand65.74%
  7. 7.Nauru64.45%
  8. 8.Ireland63.9%
  9. 9.Norway63.04%
  10. 10.Brazil61.17%

Lowest Direct taxes, 2023

  1. 99.Kyrgyz Republic19.78%
  2. 100.Bosnia and Herzegovina19.02%
  3. 101.Latvia17.74%
  4. 102.Tajikistan16.9%
  5. 103.Argentina15.28%
  6. 104.Croatia14.16%
  7. 105.Macao12.3%
  8. 106.Saudi Arabia10.83%
  9. 107.Somalia10.77%
  10. 108.Belarus5.13%

All 108 ranked countries, 2023— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Direct taxes trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

United StatesRank 1 of 108CanadaRank 2 of 108MalaysiaRank 3 of 108AngolaRank 4 of 108Papua New GuineaRank 5 of 108New ZealandRank 6 of 108NauruRank 7 of 108IrelandRank 8 of 108NorwayRank 9 of 108BrazilRank 10 of 108BelgiumRank 11 of 108South KoreaRank 12 of 108DenmarkRank 13 of 108South AfricaRank 14 of 108NetherlandsRank 15 of 108MexicoRank 16 of 108ItalyRank 17 of 108LuxembourgRank 18 of 108FranceRank 19 of 108MaltaRank 20 of 108SingaporeRank 21 of 108PanamaRank 22 of 108ColombiaRank 23 of 108United KingdomRank 24 of 108IsraelRank 25 of 108MozambiqueRank 26 of 108MalawiRank 27 of 108AustriaRank 28 of 108GhanaRank 29 of 108LithuaniaRank 30 of 108SpainRank 31 of 108IcelandRank 32 of 108San MarinoRank 33 of 108ZambiaRank 34 of 108FinlandRank 35 of 108NicaraguaRank 36 of 108GermanyRank 37 of 108RwandaRank 38 of 108SwitzerlandRank 39 of 108KenyaRank 40 of 108AzerbaijanRank 41 of 108PortugalRank 42 of 108Czech RepublicRank 43 of 108GeorgiaRank 44 of 108CyprusRank 45 of 108ArmeniaRank 46 of 108PhilippinesRank 47 of 108BotswanaRank 48 of 108El SalvadorRank 49 of 108ThailandRank 50 of 108NamibiaRank 51 of 108SlovakiaRank 52 of 108MoroccoRank 53 of 108KazakhstanRank 54 of 108UruguayRank 55 of 108EstoniaRank 56 of 108KiribatiRank 57 of 108UgandaRank 58 of 108GuatemalaRank 59 of 108CambodiaRank 60 of 108SloveniaRank 61 of 108Solomon IslandsRank 62 of 108ChinaRank 63 of 108AndorraRank 64 of 108ChileRank 65 of 108TanzaniaRank 66 of 108Costa RicaRank 67 of 108Dominican RepublicRank 68 of 108GreeceRank 69 of 108UzbekistanRank 70 of 108Sri LankaRank 71 of 108TurkeyRank 72 of 108NepalRank 73 of 108RomaniaRank 74 of 108EthiopiaRank 75 of 108SenegalRank 76 of 108HungaryRank 77 of 108MauritiusRank 78 of 108Burkina FasoRank 79 of 108Guinea-BissauRank 80 of 108FijiRank 81 of 108LesothoRank 82 of 108MadagascarRank 83 of 108BulgariaRank 84 of 108UkraineRank 85 of 108North MacedoniaRank 86 of 108Cote d'IvoireRank 87 of 108JordanRank 88 of 108MongoliaRank 89 of 108AlbaniaRank 90 of 108PolandRank 91 of 108ParaguayRank 92 of 108TogoRank 93 of 108RussiaRank 94 of 108MoldovaRank 95 of 108SamoaRank 96 of 108TongaRank 97 of 108SwedenRank 98 of 108Kyrgyz RepublicRank 99 of 108Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 100 of 108LatviaRank 101 of 108TajikistanRank 102 of 108ArgentinaRank 103 of 108CroatiaRank 104 of 108MacaoRank 105 of 108Saudi ArabiaRank 106 of 108SomaliaRank 107 of 108BelarusRank 108 of 108

Other countries and regions

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Direct taxes Data Coverage

This page lists 159 countries with available Direct taxes data. Data sourced from World Bank. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.