The world, measured in data

The top marginal personal income tax rate for residents. Where standard local or municipal surtaxes apply to everyone (Japan, South Korea, the Nordics), the commonly cited combined rate is used. Sources: PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries, KPMG, 2024-25.

What you would actually pay per year on your chosen income, in dollars. For 46 major economies this is computed slab-by-slab through the country's real progressive brackets; elsewhere it is income times the top rate. Set your income with the $ Income button; tooltips show the effective rate and which method was used.

The headline corporate income tax rate, combined national plus subnational where that is the commonly cited figure (Germany, Japan, Canada). Special regimes such as mining rates, free zones, or minimum top-up taxes are not reflected. Sources: PwC, Tax Foundation, 2024-25.

What income a tax resident owes tax on: worldwide income wherever earned, territorial (local-source income only), remittance-based (foreign income only when brought into the country), or no personal income tax at all. For founders earning through a foreign entity, this often matters more than the rate itself.

What the US withholds on dividends paid from a US company to residents of each country: the treaty rate where a US income tax treaty applies (10-25%), or the statutory 30% without one, including Hungary's terminated and Russia's suspended treaties. Source: IRS Tax Treaty Table 1.

Whether holding and using cryptocurrency and stablecoins is legal, restricted (ownership legal but banking or payment bans apply), or banned outright. Curated from national regulations, 2024-25, and simplified to broad categories; gray means the position is unclear.

The approximate average nightly Airbnb rate in US dollars. Airbnb publishes no official country data, so figures are curated from published short-term-rental price indices and city averages aggregated by country. Treat as indicative.

The median fixed-broadband download speed in Mbps. Source: Ookla Speedtest Global Index, 2024.

How far a dollar goes locally: the PPP conversion factor divided by the market exchange rate, indexed to US prices (US = 100). Lower means cheaper. Sources: World Bank International Comparison Program, IMF.

Average annual consumer price inflation for 2024, the case for earning in dollars. The scale is clamped at 30%+, which Argentina, Sudan, and a few others exceed severalfold. Source: IMF World Economic Outlook.