Denmark is the European country with the highest top statutory income tax rate as of 2025, with the Nordic country having a top taxation band of **** percent. Other countries with high taxes on top earners included France, with a top rate of **** percent, Austria, with a top rate of ** percent, and Spain, with a top rate of ** percent. Many countries in Europe have relatively high top income tax rates when compared with other regions globally, as these countries have relatively generous social systems funded by tax incomes. This is particularly the case in Western, Northern, and Central Europe, where the social state is generally stronger. On the other hand, formerly communist countries in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region tend to have lower top income tax rates, with Romania and Bulgaria having the lowest rates in Europe in 2024, with their top income tax brackets both being only ** percent. These countries often have less well-developed social systems, as well as the fact that they must compete to retain their workers against other European countries with higher average wages. In spite of low-income taxes, these countries may take other deductions from employee's wages such as pension and healthcare payments, which may not be included in income taxation as in other European countries.

As of 2023, the average taxation rate for a single person without children who earned an average salary in the European Union was ***** percent of their total earnings. For a two-earner couple without children earning an average salary it was slightly less, at ***** percent, while for a single person without children earning **** times the average salary, the rate of taxation in the EU was *****%. Having children greatly reduced the average rate of taxation, with a one-earner couple with two children in the EU only paying out ***** percent of their gross household earnings in taxes in 2023. Tax rates in Europe are generally quite high, due to the progressive income tax systems set in place during the 20th century in many countries, which require high taxation in order to fund generous social welfare systems. ******* was the country with the highest average rates of taxation in 2023, with a high earning single person without children subject to pay almost half of their gross household earnings out in taxes. Other countries in North-western Europe such as *******, *******, and ********** also top the list for highest income taxation rates in Europe, while ****** was the country in Europe with the lowest average taxation rates in Europe during the same period. In both ******* and ******, single-earner families with two children actually saw the lowest average tax rates, due to the strong pronatalist policies in these countries and tax incentives for traditional single-earner households.

This dataset provides values for SALES TAX RATE. reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

As of 2025, ***** had the highest corporate tax rate in Europe, with a ceiling of ** percent. Germany followed in second place, with a maximum tax rate of ** percent. Hungary and Macedonia hold some of the lowest corporate tax rates in Europe.

This dataset provides values for CORPORATE TAX RATE. reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

Portugal had the highest combined corporate income tax rate in 2023, reaching 31.5 percent, and was followed by Germany with a rate of 29.94 percent. On the other hand, Hungary had the lowest combined corporate income tax rate, reaching just nine percent in 2023.

The Corporate Tax Rate in European Union stands at 17.50 percent. This dataset provides - European Union Corporate Tax Rate- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Key information about EU Tax revenue: % of GDP

• European Union Tax revenue: % of GDP was reported at 25.8 % in Dec 2023.
• This records a decrease from the previous number of 26.5 % for Dec 2022.
• EU Tax revenue: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 25.9 % from Dec 1995 to 2023, with 29 observations.
• The data reached an all-time high of 26.7 % in 2021 and a record low of 24.4 % in 1995.
• EU Tax revenue: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by CEIC Data.
• The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Global Economic Monitor – Table: Tax Revenue: % of Nominal GDP: Annual.

CEIC calculates annual Tax Revenue as % of Nominal GDP from annual Tax Revenue and quarterly Nominal GDP. Tax Revenue is calculated as the sum of Production and Import Tax and Current Taxes on Income Wealth and Etc. Eurostat provides Tax Revenue in EUR and Nominal GDP in EUR. European Union stands for EU27 excluding UK.

This dataset provides values for P...INCOME TAX RATE reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

When analyzing the historical PIT rates, it should be noted that in 2000 the average rate was almost 45%. The highest income tax (approx. 60%) was imposed in Belgium, Denmark, as well as in the Netherlands and France. On the other hand, the lowest (25%) rates were recorded in Estonia and Latvia, which were not yet members of the European Union. In the following years, most EU countries rather lowered PIT rates, and the average of this tax in EU countries is 38.6%. The most significant reductions were introduced by Bulgaria, Lithuania, Romania and also Hungary. The PIT tax burden differs significantly in the EU countries, as some countries have relatively low rates, but in Denmark, Portugal and Sweden, the PIT tax exceeds 50%.

This dataset provides values for PERSONAL INCOME TAX RATE reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

The country in the EU with the highest implicit taxation rate on labor income was Italy in 2023, with a rate of ** percent, while Austria had the second highest rate at **** percent. Bulgaria and Malta had the lowest rates of implicit taxes on labor income, at **** percent.

This dataset provides values for PERSONAL INCOME TAX RATE.2020 reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

Finland had the highest tax on spirits of all alchol volumes in the European Union as of June 2024. One *** liter bottle of spirits with an alcohol volume of ** percent was taxed at ***** euros in Finland. In contrast, the same bottle of spirits would be taxed at just **** euros in Bulgaria.

This scatter chart displays birth rate (per 1,000 people) against tax revenue (% of GDP) in Europe. The data is about countries.

Key information about European Union Tax Revenue

• EU Tax Revenue was reported at 4,799.122 USD bn in Dec 2023.
• This records an increase from the previous figure of 4,497.954 USD bn for Dec 2022.
• EU Tax Revenue data is updated yearly, averaging 3,811.308 USD bn from Dec 1999 to 2023, with 25 observations.
• The data reached an all-time high of 4,799.122 USD bn in 2023 and a record low of 1,880.685 USD bn in 2001.
• EU Tax Revenue data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by CEIC Data.
• The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Global Economic Monitor – Table: Tax Revenue: USD: Annual.

CEIC calculates annual Tax Revenue as the sum of Production and Import Tax and Current Taxes on Income Wealth and Etc and converts it into USD. Eurostat provides Tax Revenue in EUR. Federal Reserve Board average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions. European Union stands for EU27 excluding UK.

The statistic shows payroll taxes of 100 euros gross earnings in member states of the European Union in 2020. Payroll taxes include social contributions, the cost of professional education and training, the taxes on payroll or number of employees, and other special expenses. In 2020, payroll taxes of 100 euros gross earning amounted to 32 euros in the European Union.

This database contains the following tax law information for 46 countries (EU and OECD member states): the corporate tax rate, reduced corporate tax rates for Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) and the thresholds for these to apply (e.g. with regard to firm revenue, number of employees etc.), withholding taxes on cross-border dividend payments, taxes on foreign earnings, and allowances for depreciation for corporate investment.

This dataset presents information on historical central government revenues for 31 countries in Europe and the Americas for the period from 1800 (or independence) to 2012. The countries included are: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany (West Germany between 1949 and 1990), Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela. In other words, the dataset includes all South American, North American, and Western European countries with a population of more than one million, plus Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and Mexico. The dataset contains information on the public finances of central governments. To make such information comparable cross-nationally the researchers chose to normalize nominal revenue figures in two ways: (i) as a share of the total budget, and (ii) as a share of total gross domestic product. The total tax revenue of the central state is disaggregated guided by the Government Finance Statistics Manual 2001 of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which provides a classification of types of revenue, and describes in detail the contents of each classification category. Given the paucity of detailed historical data and the needs of our project, researchers combined some subcategories. First, they were interested in total tax revenue, as well as the shares of total revenue coming from direct and indirect taxes. Further, they measured two sub-categories of direct taxation, namely taxes on property and income. For indirect taxes, they separated excises, consumption, and customs.

Boundless, the fully compliant Employer of Record platform, compiled and analysed the employment costs in 32 countries within Europe, including gross salary, social and health insurance contributions, income taxes, net pay and more.

To collect this data, Boundless leveraged their internal salary calculators, a resource developed and used by the Boundless Payroll team in collaboration with local payroll partners in each country. This approach enabled Boundless to capture the true costs associated with employing staff in each of the 32 countries, taking into account all applicable regional nuances, and ensure that the findings reflect the latest legal and economic conditions.