| Labour taxes and unemployment benefits | ||||||||||
Labour taxes for a single person without children | Unemployment benefits | |||||||||
At 100% of the average wage % of labour costs | At 67% of the average wage % of labour costs | % of previous earnings | ||||||||
2000 | 2007 | 2008 | 2000 | 2007 | 2008 | 1997 | 2005 | 2007 | ||
Australia | 30.6 | 27.7 | 26.9 | 25.4 | 23.7 | 21.9 | 26.5 | 22.1 | 20.2 | |
Austria | 47.3 | 48.6 | 48.8 | 43.2 | 44.1 | 44.4 | 32.3 | 31.9 | 31.6 | |
Belgium | 57.1 | 55.8 | 56.0 | 51.3 | 50.0 | 50.3 | 39.7 | 40.9 | 40.0 | |
Canada | 33.2 | 31.2 | 31.3 | 27.8 | 26.5 | 26.6 | 14.9 | 11.7 | 11.7 | |
Czech Republic | 42.7 | 42.9 | 43.4 | 41.4 | 40.6 | 40.0 | .. | 6.2 | 6.3 | |
Denmark | 44.3 | 41.4 | 41.2 | 41.2 | 39.3 | 38.9 | 62.5 | 50.5 | 47.7 | |
Finland | 47.8 | 43.6 | 43.5 | 43.0 | 38.2 | 38.3 | 34.2 | 35.2 | 34.1 | |
France | 49.6 | 49.2 | 49.3 | 47.4 | 45.4 | 45.5 | 36.5 | 39.0 | 39.0 | |
Germany | 54.0 | 52.6 | 52.0 | 48.6 | 47.7 | 47.3 | 25.7 | 24.2 | 23.7 | |
Greece | 38.5 | 42.3 | 42.4 | 35.6 | 36.7 | 37.6 | 15.8 | 12.9 | 12.6 | |
Hungary | 54.6 | 54.5 | 54.1 | 51.4 | 46.0 | 46.7 | .. | 12.6 | 13.3 | |
Iceland | 26.2 | 28.1 | 28.3 | 19.8 | 23.4 | 23.7 | .. | 45.0 | 33.0 | |
Ireland | 28.9 | 22.7 | 22.9 | 18.1 | 15.7 | 16.0 | 29.0 | 33.7 | 37.2 | |
Italy | 46.9 | 46.2 | 46.5 | 43.5 | 42.6 | 43.0 | 18.0 | 32.5 | 31.7 | |
Japan | 24.8 | 29.3 | 29.5 | 23.4 | 27.8 | 28.0 | 10.8 | 7.7 | 7.6 | |
Korea | 16.3 | 19.7 | 20.3 | 15.0 | 16.8 | 17.4 | .. | 9.1 | 9.3 | |
Luxembourg | 37.5 | 36.3 | 35.9 | 31.5 | 29.9 | 29.6 | .. | 26.7 | 26.7 | |
Mexico | 12.6 | 15.9 | 15.1 | 7.2 | 11.1 | 10.9 | .. | .. | .. | |
Netherlands | 39.7 | 44.3 | 45.0 | 42.0 | 40.7 | 41.7 | 52.2 | 35.3 | 33.9 | |
New Zealand | 19.4 | 21.5 | 21.2 | 18.6 | 19.1 | 18.2 | 31.8 | 26.4 | 25.5 | |
Norway | 38.6 | 37.5 | 37.7 | 35.1 | 34.2 | 34.3 | 38.6 | 33.6 | 33.6 | |
Poland | 43.1 | 42.9 | 39.7 | 42.0 | 41.8 | 38.7 | .. | 11.5 | 10.2 | |
Portugal | 37.3 | 37.7 | 37.6 | 33.2 | 33.0 | 32.9 | 34.6 | 39.5 | 43.4 | |
Slovak Republic | 41.7 | 38.6 | 38.9 | 40.5 | 35.6 | 36.1 | .. | 8.3 | 8.3 | |
Spain | 38.6 | 38.9 | 37.8 | 34.7 | 35.6 | 33.8 | 38.6 | 36.0 | 35.9 | |
Sweden | 50.1 | 45.3 | 44.6 | 48.6 | 43.3 | 42.5 | 26.9 | 38.8 | 32.4 | |
Switzerland | 30.0 | 29.7 | 29.5 | 27.3 | 27.0 | 26.5 | 33.8 | 32.8 | 32.7 | |
Turkey | 40.4 | 42.7 | 39.7 | 39.1 | 41.8 | 37.6 | .. | 9.2 | 9.9 | |
United Kingdom | 32.6 | 34.0 | 32.8 | 29.1 | 30.6 | 29.7 | 18.3 | 12.3 | 12.1 | |
United States | 30.4 | 29.7 | 30.1 | 28.3 | 27.5 | 28.0 | 13.9 | 13.5 | 13.6 | |
OECD-Total | 37.8 | 37.7 | 37.4 | 34.4 | 33.9 | 33.5 | 30.2 | 25.5 | 24.7 | |
| Last updated: 2 October 2009 | ||||||||||
| Note: Next update: June 2010. OECD unweighted average. | ||||||||||
| Source: OECD Benefits and Wages and OECD Taxing Wages. For further details, see: sources, definitions and related studies. | ||||||||||