Income taxes are more progressive in Western Europe

Tax rates for a single person without children at various income levels, measured as a percentage of each country’s average income.

The steeper the difference in tax rate between the lowest-income households (on the left) and the highest-income ones (on the right), the more progressive the tax system is.

⬤ >20 percentage point spread in tax rates ⬤ 10–20 percentage points ⬤ <10 percentage points
 ▬ European Union average