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Sweden remains in fourth place in the European league on the tax burden of the Member States. Stock Photography
According to Eurostat 's statistics agency, Sweden has retained its fourth place in the EU' s taxable 2017 edition, at the same rank as the year before.
France (48.4%), followed by Belgium and Denmark (47.3% and 46.5%), is the EU country where the tax rate of GDP is highest. high.
In Sweden, the figure, including taxes and social security contributions, stood at 44.9% of GDP last year, according to a recent Eurostat summary. This represented an increase of 44.8% in 2016.
The lowest tax rate as a percentage of GDP among the 28 EU Member States had Ireland at 23.5%.
The EU average rose 40.9% last year to 40.2%, while the euro area average reached 41.4%, compared with 41.2% a year ago .
In the economic engine of the EU, Germany, the tax accounts for 40.5% of GDP. The tax as a percentage of GDP in neighboring Norway rose to 38.9% last year.
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