Einar H. Dyvik
Research expert covering Nordics and global data for society, economy, and politics
Get in touch with us nowDistribution of tax revenues worldwide 2019, by type
Between December 2019 and 2021, the top one percent of earners accumulated 63 percent of all new wealth worldwide. Despite this, only four percent of the average tax revenues of 33 OECD- and 55 non-OECD members in 2019 came from wealth taxes. The largest share of tax revenues came from VAT and other consumption taxes, while nearly 20 percent were personal income taxes.
