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The average worker in Estonia faced a tax burden on labour income (tax wedge) of 39.9% in 2013 compared with the OECD average of 35.9%. Estonia was ranked 15 of the 34 OECD member countries in this respect.
Some examples of the results reflected in the Overview charts for Estonia are:
- The tax burden for the single average worker decreased by 1.4 percentage points from 41.3% to 39.9% between 2000 and 2013. Between 2009 and 2013, there was an increase of 0.7 percentage points.
- The corresponding figures for the OECD were a decrease of 0.8 percentage points from 36.7% to 35.9% between 2000 and 2013 and an increase of 0.8 percentage points between 2009 and 2013.
- The tax burden for the one-earner couple with 2 children at the AW level decreased by 0.5 percentage points from 32.8% to 32.3% between 2000 and 2013. Between 2009 and 2013, there was an increase of 2.5 percentage points.
- The corresponding figures for the OECD were a decrease of 1.3 percentage points from 27.7% to 26.4% between 2000 and 2013 and an increase of 1.4 percentage points between 2009 and 2013.
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The data used for the average and marginal tax wedges is taken directly from the "Tax Wedge Decomposition' dataset within the online OECD data warehouse: DotStat. The dataset includes the breakdown of the average and marginal tax wedges into five separate components as percentage of total labour cost:
- central income taxes,
- local income taxes,
- employee social security contributions,
- employer social security contributions, and
- family benefits.
You can access the full datasets by using the following links:
Explanations and definitions of the terminology used throughout the publication, or as indicators within figures and charts, can be found within the Methodology (PDF), or within the annex tables: A.1. Terminology, and A.2 Characteristics of taxpayers.
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