Dividend Tax Rates in Europe

Net Top Statutory Dividend Tax Rate Paid at the Shareholder Level in 35 Major European Countries, 2024
Country Net Top Statutory Dividend Tax Rate Paid at the Shareholder Level Rank
Austria 27.50% 12
Belgium 30.00% 7
Bulgaria 5.00% 30
Croatia 12.00% 25
Cyprus 17.00% 22
Czech Republic 23.00% 16
Denmark 42.00% 2
Estonia 0.00% 33
Finland 28.90% 9
France 34.00% 5
Georgia 5.00% 30
Germany 26.38% 13
Greece 5.00% 30
Hungary 15.00% 23
Iceland 22.00% 18
Ireland 51.00% 1
Italy 26.00% 14
Latvia 0.00% 33
Lithuania 15.00% 23
Luxembourg 21.00% 19
Malta 0.00% 33
Moldova 6% 29
Netherlands 33.00% 6
Norway 37.84% 4
Poland 19.00% 21
Portugal 28.00% 10
Romania 8.00% 27
Slovakia 10.00% 26
Slovenia 25.00% 15
Spain 28.00% 10
Sweden 30.00% 7
Switzerland 22.16% 17
Turkey 20.00% 20
Ukraine 6.50% 28
United Kingdom 39.35% 3

Note: All types of reliefs and gross-up provisions at the shareholder level are taken into account.
Source: OECD, “Combined (corporate and shareholder) statutory tax rates on dividend income” and PwC, “Worldwide Tax Summaries.”

Data compiled by Cristina Enache

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