Dimension

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.

Version 1. Defined by: An example in Solon's configuration (version 1, 2026-11-09), built from OECD series. Not an index.

What the law says

The statute's own terms, including what they work out to for a typical case.

What happens in practice

Enforcement, prosecution, compliance and tolerance: what is done, which can differ from what is written.

No series yet. How much of the tax owed is actually collected: estimates of the tax gap and of compliance, from tax authorities or the OECD.

What results

What follows for people and society: revenue, prices, availability, how free people say they are.

Every measure, place by place

Top statutory income tax rate · What the law says
Top statutory income tax rate · What the law says
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Average tax wedge on labour (share of labour cost) · What the law says
Average tax wedge on labour (share of labour cost) · What the law says
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Tax revenue, all levels (share of GDP) · What results
Tax revenue, all levels (share of GDP) · What results
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Government expenditure (share of GDP) · What results
Government expenditure (share of GDP) · What results
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One measure against another

No place has both of these measures yet.

A layer is only as good as the series in it. Where a layer has none, the dimension is silent about it rather than guessing.