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Taxes on payroll and workforce, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from this item to total general government revenue from this item, Percent (Central government) by country

The Fiscal Decentralization dataset includes fiscal decentralization indicators for a sample of IMF member countries. The following indicators are included in the dataset: Revenue and Expenditure Decentralization Shares; Transfer dependency and Vertical Fiscal Imbalances; Deficit and Debt; Allocation of...

Countries reporting
32
Highest
1.22
Colombia
Lowest
0
Ukraine
Median
1
Years covered
49
1972–2020
Data points
693

What the numbers show

Taxes on payroll and workforce, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from this item to total general government revenue from this item, Percent (Central government) is currently reported for 32 countries. The highest value is 1.22 in Colombia; the lowest is 0 in Ukraine.

The median across all reporting countries is 1, and the mean is 0.8984.

Over the past decade 5 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in France (up 65.5%), and the largest decrease in Bosnia and Herzegovina (down 12.1%).

Taxes on payroll and workforce, Ratio of this level of government's: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Colombia 1.22 2020 up 22.2% rising
2 Israel 1 2020 unchanged flat
2 South Africa 1 2020 unchanged flat
2 Sweden 1 2020 unchanged flat
2 Slovenia 1 2020 unchanged flat
2 Senegal 1 2020 unchanged flat
2 Poland 1 2020 unchanged flat
2 Palau 1 2019 unchanged flat
2 Peru 1 2005 unchanged flat
2 Norway 1 2020 unchanged flat
2 Netherlands 1 2020 unchanged flat
2 Mauritius 1 2020 unchanged flat
2 Marshall Islands 1 2018 unchanged flat
2 Latvia 1 2020 unchanged flat
2 Lithuania 1 2016 unchanged flat
2 Italy 1 1999 — flat
2 Iceland 1 2020 unchanged flat
2 Ireland 1 2020 unchanged flat
2 Guatemala 1 2020 unchanged flat
2 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1 2020 unchanged flat
2 Finland 1 2014 unchanged flat
2 Denmark 1 2020 unchanged flat
2 Brazil 1 2020 unchanged flat
2 Bulgaria 1 2020 unchanged rising
2 Belgium 1 2011 unchanged flat
26 Hungary 0.981 2020 up 8.2% rising
27 Cyprus 0.902 2020 up 2.3% volatile
28 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.7003 2014 down 12.1% falling
29 Austria 0.6115 2020 down 6.8% flat
30 France 0.2901 2020 up 65.5% volatile
31 Australia 0.0412 2020 up 36.1% volatile
32 Ukraine 0 2017 — volatile

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Indicator
Taxes on payroll and workforce, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from this item to total general government revenue from this item, Percent (Central government)
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
37 places, 693 data points, 1972–2020
Last refreshed

The Fiscal Decentralization dataset includes fiscal decentralization indicators for a sample of IMF member countries. The following indicators are included in the dataset: Revenue and Expenditure Decentralization Shares; Transfer dependency and Vertical Fiscal Imbalances; Deficit and Debt; Allocation of expenditure (economic classification); Allocation of expenditure (functional classification); Allocation of non-Tax Revenues; and Allocation of Taxes.