Table 10 International Comparison of tax and social security burdens

1996
Country	Percentage of National Income(%)
Tax burden	Social Security burden	Total
Japan	23.1 	13.3 	36.4
U.S.A.	26.4 	10.1 	36.5
U.K.	39.0 	10.2 	49.2
Germany	30.0 	26.4 	56.4
France	35.1 	29.0 	64.1
Sweden	51.0 	22.2 	73.2