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Observatory of fiscal bloodletting in the European Union
Report no. 2024/EU-27
Eurostat data 2024

Haemato‑fiscal report.
How much blood does your State suck?

27 patients, one examination: tax burden, top rates, VAT, red tape, salaries and cost of living. Each country is its own leech — the longer it is, the more it drains. Click a country for the full report, or pit them against each other.

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Golden Leech 2024
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Most anaemic
40.4%
EU average (tax/GDP)
42.6%
Italy (tax/GDP)

The leech leaderboard

click a country for its report · sort by metric

Head to head

green = lesser leech, red = greater leech
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Methodology (and disclaimer)