The law beside the numbers
Each series is read from its publisher every month, kept as published with the day it was read, and linked to the law it is about where someone has checked the link. Open one to see it over time, with the law's changes marked.
Government consumption (share of GDP)
No figures for this series are loaded yet. They are read from World Bank, World Development Indicators every month; until then, the publisher's own page: World Bank, World Development Indicators
What it covers: General government: every level together, so a federal country's states and communes count.
Open the seriesIntentional homicides (per 100,000 people)
No figures for this series are loaded yet. They are read from World Bank, World Development Indicators (from UNODC) every month; until then, the publisher's own page: World Bank, World Development Indicators (from UNODC)
What it covers: The whole country. A national rate says nothing about a single city or about which deaths a law touched.
Open the seriesTop statutory income tax rate
No figures for this series are loaded yet. They are read from OECD Tax Database every month; until then, the publisher's own page: OECD Tax Database
What it covers: All levels of government together, so a country's own states, cantons or communes count towards it.
Open the seriesGovernment expenditure (share of GDP)
No figures for this series are loaded yet. They are read from OECD, Government at a Glance every month; until then, the publisher's own page: OECD, Government at a Glance
What it covers: General government: every level together, social security funds included.
Open the seriesTax revenue, all levels (share of GDP)
No figures for this series are loaded yet. They are read from OECD, Revenue Statistics every month; until then, the publisher's own page: OECD, Revenue Statistics
What it covers: General government: every level together, so a federal country's states and communes count.
Open the seriesCentral government's share of all tax revenue
No figures for this series are loaded yet. They are read from OECD, Revenue Statistics every month; until then, the publisher's own page: OECD, Revenue Statistics
What it covers: Where tax is collected, not where it is spent. Social security funds are counted apart from central government.
Open the seriesAverage tax wedge on labour (share of labour cost)
No figures for this series are loaded yet. They are read from OECD, Taxing Wages every month; until then, the publisher's own page: OECD, Taxing Wages
What it covers: One household type only: a single person without children on the average wage. It is what the rules take from a typical pay packet, not the average of what everyone pays.
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Law, practice and outcome
A dimension holds what the law says, what happens in practice and what results as separate layers, never collapsed into one score, so the gap between them can be seen. A layer with no series says what would fill it.
What the state takes in tax
The headline rate is one thing, what the rules take from a typical pay packet another, and what the state ends up collecting a third. They can point different ways: a flat statutory rate says little about the burden once employers' contributions are counted.
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Several measures, one direction
An axis reads several series together. It is a definition with an author, not a verdict: Solon does not say which end is better, and you set every weight.
How much of the economy passes through government
Defined by: An example in Solon's configuration (version 1, 2026-11-09), built from World Bank and OECD series. Not an index.
All the measures at once
Government consumption (share of GDP)
Government expenditure (share of GDP)
Tax revenue, all levels (share of GDP)
Top statutory income tax rate
| Place | Government consumption (share of GDP) | Government expenditure (share of GDP) | Tax revenue, all levels (share of GDP) | Top statutory income tax rate |
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Where tax is collected
Defined by: An example in Solon's configuration (version 1, 2026-11-09), built from World Bank and OECD series. Not an index.