Variable: Taxes on Payroll and Workforce
QoG Code: (ictd_taxpaywf)
Description:
Total taxes on payroll and workforce. This variable is entirely distinct from social contributions, though in underlying sources, social contributions are very occasionally reported as payroll taxes.
Type of variable: Continuous
Downloaded by QoG on: 2025-12-19
Last updated by source: 2025-10-29
Categories:
Public Economy
Find this variable in:
Standard Cross-section - 2026
Standard Time-series - 2026
Original Dataset
Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset
No. Countries
Standard cross-section:
46
Standard time-series:
77
This variable has information for these countries:
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Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Canada
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo
Congo, Democratic Republic
Costa Rica
Cote d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus (1975-)
Denmark
Eswatini (former Swaziland)
Finland
France (1963-)
Gambia
Greece
Guinea
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
Iran
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Jordan
Korea, South
Latvia
Lebanon
Luxembourg
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Nepal
Niger
Norway
Oman
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Singapore
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela
This variable has information from the year 1980 to the
year 2023