The tax rates quoted are called implicit, ie they express the overall level of tax revenue can be attributed to these economic categories as percentage of the base of the Tax total potential in the economy (eg aggregate wages including social security contributions or total income from capital and entrepreneurial activities).
Tax rate on consumption | Tax rates on labor | Tax rate on capital | |
EU15 | 19.5% | 36.3% | 28.4% |
United Kingdom | 21.3% | 24.6% | 30.8% |
Ireland | 25.8% | 25.9% | 32.0% |
Luxembourg | 23.7% | 28.0% | 32.0% |
Spain | 16.3% | 30.0% | 29.6% |
Netherlands | 24.2% | 31.9% | 29.6% |
Portugal | 20.1% | 33.7% | - |
Greece | 18.1% | 37.8% | 18.1% |
Austria | 22.0% | 39.2% | 28,5 % |
Denmark | 33.7% | 39.9% | 28.8% |
Germany | 18.3% | 39.9% | 20.9% |
Italy | 17.1% | 41.1% | 28.1% |
France | 17.4% | 41.8% | 36.6% |
Belgium | 21.9% | 43.5% | 30.1% |
Finland | 28.0% | 43.9% | 30,3 % |
Sweden | 30.6% | 46.6% | 31.5% |
[Source Commission European - Study 2