Income share top 10 after vs before tax lis scatter by country

Countries reporting
48
Highest
47.94
South Africa
Lowest
18.57
Slovakia
Median
24.09
Years covered
62
1963–2024
Data points
1,046

What the numbers show

Income share top 10 after vs before tax lis scatter is currently reported for 48 countries. The highest value is 47.94 in South Africa; the lowest is 18.57 in Slovakia.

The median across all reporting countries is 24.09, and the mean is 25.73.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Denmark (up 13.2%), and the largest decrease in Georgia (down 19.6%).

Income share top 10 after vs before tax lis scatter: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Africa 47.94 2017 down 7.4% falling
2 Colombia 38.65 2023 up 4.6% falling
3 Chile 36.78 2017 down 1.7% falling
4 Brazil 34.68 2022 down 1.4% falling
5 Paraguay 34.47 2024 down 13.6% falling
6 Panama 33.54 2019 down 5.0% falling
7 Peru 30.88 2021 down 6.8% falling
8 Mexico 29.53 2024 down 18.9% falling
9 Uruguay 29.22 2024 up 3.7% falling
10 United States of America 29.18 2024 up 1.1% rising
11 Philippines 29.11 2023 down 13.3% falling
12 Bulgaria 28.83 2022 up 7.1% rising
13 Mali 27.47 2024 up 4.0% flat
14 Viet Nam 26.93 2013 down 8.8% falling
15 Lithuania 26.02 2023 down 1.2% rising
16 Switzerland 25.24 2022 up 8.4% rising
17 Italy 24.84 2022 down 0.5% rising
18 Australia 24.55 2020 down 2.3% rising
19 Republic of Korea 24.46 2021 up 8.8% rising
20 Germany 24.42 2022 up 5.9% rising
21 Taiwan, China 24.38 2021 up 0.5% rising
22 Georgia 24.26 2022 down 19.6% falling
23 France 24.25 2022 down 4.1% flat
24 Israel 24.17 2022 down 8.7% flat
25 Greece 24.01 2021 down 0.7% falling
26 Russian Federation 23.78 2022 down 12.1% falling
27 Denmark 23.5 2022 up 13.2% rising
28 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 23.46 2021 down 4.5% rising
29 Spain 23.39 2022 down 4.1% falling
30 Canada 23.17 2022 down 2.7% rising
31 Poland 23.07 2023 down 7.6% flat
32 Austria 22.96 2023 up 2.0% rising
33 Ireland 22.96 2023 down 4.4% falling
34 Serbia 22.79 2022 down 3.9% flat
35 Japan 22.77 2020 up 3.4% flat
36 Luxembourg 22.71 2023 up 2.5% rising
37 Estonia 22.46 2016 down 3.9% falling
38 Hungary 21.83 2015 down 9.3% falling
39 Finland 21.74 2016 down 0.7% rising
40 Romania 21.68 2021 down 3.6% flat
41 Netherlands 21.65 2021 up 0.8% rising
42 Iceland 21.48 2017 down 14.8% falling
43 Sweden 21.19 2023 down 3.7% rising
44 Norway 21.15 2022 up 2.8% rising
45 Slovenia 20.59 2015 up 7.5% rising
46 Czechia 20.25 2023 down 7.8% flat
47 Belgium 20.19 2024 down 1.5% flat
48 Slovakia 18.57 2018 down 8.4% flat

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Income share top 10 after vs before tax lis scatter
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
48 places, 1,046 data points, 1963–2024
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