This is a list of tax rates around the world. It focuses on three types of taxes: corporate taxes, individual taxes and sales taxes (value added taxes (VAT) / goods and services taxes (GST) / sales). It is not intended to represent the true tax burden to either the corporation or the individual in the listed country.

Country/Region   Corporate   Individual   Payroll tax   VAT / GST / Sales  
 Algeria 30%+3% 0-40% 7/14/17%
 Angola 35% 1-60% 5-50% (depending on the good)
 Argentina 35% 9-35% 21%
 Australia 30% 0-45%
1.5% (Medicare levy)
4.75-6% (state)  10% GST (0% on essential items) 
 Austria 25% 21-50% 20% (GST)
 Azerbaija 22% 0-35% 18%
 Bangladesh 0-40% 0-25% 4-15%
 Barbados 40% 25%-40% 15% (hotel accommodation 7.5%)
 Belarus 24% 12% 35% 10/18%
 Belgium 33.99% 25-50% 21% (6% for essential and selected goods)
 Benin 35% 60% 18%
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10%  0-15% 33.76%, 42-57%  17% 
 Botswana 15% (plus 10% surcharge) 25% 10%
 Brazil 34% 0-27.5% 31% 17-25%
 Bulgaria 10% 10% 42.7% 20%
 Burkina Faso 10-45% 2-30% 15/25%
 Burundi 35% 35% N/A
 Cameroon 38.5% 10-35% 19.25%
 Canada 29.5-35.5% 15-29% (federal)
4-24% (provincial)
4.95%  5% (GST)
0-10% (provincial sales taxes or value added taxes)
 Chile 17% 0-40% 19%
 Chin 25% 5-45% 17%
 Colombia 35% 0.29-38.5% 16%
 Croatia 20% 15-45% 37.2% (nationwide)
0-18% (local)
23%
 Cuba[3] 30% 10-50% 12%
 Cyprus 10% 0-30% 15% (0 or 5% for certain goods)
 Czech Republic 21% 15% 47.5% 9% (certain goods), 19%
 Denmark 25% 0-63% 8% 25%
 Egypt 20% 10-20% N/A
 El Salvador 25% 0-25% 13%
 Estonia 21% 21% 33% 20%
 Finland 26% 9-32% national, 16-21% municipal 22%
12% (food and fodder)
8% (e.g. accommodation and culture)
 France 33.33% 21% (social charges)
0-50% (income tax)
45% 19.6%/5.5% on certain goods (e.g. food)
 Gabon 35% 5-55% 2.6% 18%
 Germany 29.8% (average) 0-45% 19%/7% on certain goods (e.g. food)
 Georgia 15% 20% 18%
 Gibraltar 33% 17-40% N/A
 Greece 22/25% 0-40% 19%-9% certain goods
 Guatemala 31% 15-31% 12%
 Guyana 35%/45% 33⅓% 16%/0%
 Hong Kong 16.5% 0-15% N/A N/A
 Hungary 16% 18% and 36% 50.5% 25%
 Iceland 18/26% 0-36.72% 6% 0/14/24.5%
 India 30-40% 10-30% 12.5%
 Indonesia 28% in FY 2009
25% starting FY 2010
5-30% starting FY 2009 10%
 Iran 25% 0-35% N/A
 Ireland 12.5% 0-41% 16.75% 21.5% Goods
13.5% Services
0% Food
 Israel 27% 10-47% 16.5%
 Italy 31.4% 23-43% 20%-4% on some goods (foods, books)
 Jamaica 33.3% 3-5% 25% 16.5%
 Japan 30% 5-40% 5% (consumption)
 Jordan 15/25/35% 5-30% 16% (GST)
 Kazakhstan 20%(2009), 17.5%(10), 15%(11-) 10% 11% 12%
 South Korea 13/25% 9%-21.375% + 36% excess 10%
 Latvia 15% 23% 33% 21%
 Lebanon 15/4-21% 2-20% 10%
 Lithuania 20% 21% 34% 21%
 Luxembourg 29.63% 6-38.95% 15%
 Malaysia 26% 0-26% 5% GTS
 Malta 35% 0-35% 18%
 Mexico 28% 3-29% 15%
 Monaco 33.33% 0% 19.6%
 Montenegro 9% 15% 17%
 Morocco 35% 0-41.5% 20%
 Nepal N/A 10-25% 13%
 Netherlands 20/25.5% 0-52% 19% (6% for essential and selected goods)
 New Zealand 30% 12.5-38% 12.5% (GST)
 Norway 28% 0-47.8% 14% 25%, 14% (food and drink in shops) and 8% (transportation).
 Pakistan 35% 7.5-35% 16%
 Panama 30% 0-27% 0/5%
 Peru 27% 15-27% 2/19%
 Philippines 35% 5-32% 0 ; 7 ; 12%
(in some cases, foreign investors are zero-rated)
 Poland 19% 18-32% 41.11% 22%, 7% (reduced rate on certain goods)
 Portugal 12.5-27.5% 10.5-40% 20%
(reduced rates on certain goods—5% or 12%)
 Romania 16% 16% 45.15% 19% (9% hotel accommodation ...)
 Russia 20% 13% 18%, 10% and 0%
(reduced rates are for certain goods)
 Saudi Arabia 20%-85%
11% Social security
Residents 2.5% 
Non-residents 20%
N/A
 Senega 33% up to 50% 20%
 Serbia 10% 10-14% 35.8% 18%, 8% and 0%
(reduced rates are for certain goods)
 Singapore 18% (17% as of FY 2010 3.5%-20% 7% (GST)
 Slovakia 19% 19% 19%
 Slovenia 22% 16-41% 8.5/20%
 South Africa 28% 18-40% 14%
 Spain 25-30% 0-42% 16%, 7%, and 4%
 Sweden 26.3% 28.89%-59.09% 32.42% 25%. 12% and 6% for some goods.
 Switzerland 13-25% 0-13.2% (federal) 3.6/2.4/7.6%
 Syria 10-45% 5-15%
 Republic of China 25% 6-40% 5%
 Tanzania 30% 15-30%
 Thailand 30% 5-37% 7%
 Tunisia 30% 0-35% 6/12/18%
 Turkey 20% 15-35% 18%
 Ukraine 25% 15% 20%
 United Arab Emirates N/A 0% N/A
 United Kingdom  21-28% 0-40%
(50% from FY2010-11)
23.8%  0%/5%/17.5%* (*Temporarily 15% until January 2010)
 United States 15-39% (federal)
0-12% (state)
0-35% (federal)
0-10.3% (state)
2.9-15.3% (federal) 0-10.25% (state and local)
 Uruguay 30% 0-25% 23%
 Uzbekist 12% 13-30% 10-20%
 Venezuela 15/22/34% 6-34% 8-10%/9%, will raise to 12% beginning April 1, 2009
 Vietnam 28% 0-40% 10%
 British Virgin Islands N/A 0%  10-14% N/A
 Zambia 35% 10-30% 17.5%