Belgium has one of the highest tax wedges in the OECD (over 52%). For every €100 an employer spends on labor there, the average worker takes home about €47 after all taxes and contributions. Meanwhile, countries like Chile, and the US sit at the opposite end of the spectrum.

🇮🇱 Israel: 2.8 Everyone else is in decline: 🇯🇵 Korea: 0.7 🇪🇸 Spain: 1.1 🇮🇹 Italy: 1.2 🇵 Japan: 1.2 🇫🇷 France: 1.7

Who works the longest? It's not who you'd expect: 🇯🇵 Japan: 67.7 years 🇮🇸 Iceland: 67.0 🇰🇷 Korea: 66.4 Meanwhile, Luxembourg (59.5), Slovenia (60.8), and Turkey (60.9) retire nearly a decade earlier.

Japan and Korea are famous for overwork culture. But they're NOT the worst: 🇯🇵 Japan: 14.55% 🇰🇷 Korea: 15.44% Meanwhile, Mexico (26%), Turkey (25.6%), and Colombia (21.3%) are in a completely different league.

In Slovakia, the bottom 90% of the population holds 67% of the country's wealth. In the US? The bottom 90% holds just 25%. That is the definition of wealth concentration. Here is the full breakdown across OECD countries. 📊

In 1960, 30% of the OECD population was under 14 years old. Today? Just 17%. Meanwhile, the working-age population (15-64) is shrinking. The OECD isn't just getting older—it's undergoing a demographic transformation. 📊

Denmark and the US both have the top 1% owning ~37% of wealth. But their income inequality is worlds apart: 🇩🇰 Denmark Gini: 0.27 🇺🇸 US Gini: 0.40 High wealth concentration happens even with strong income redistribution. Here's how OECD countries compare. 📊

Korea's fertility rate collapsed from 1.5 (2000) to 0.7 (2023). That's the lowest in the world. Meanwhile, Israel holds steady at 2.8—well above the replacement rate of 2.1. Every other country? Below replacement. Here's the full trend. 📊

Gross salary doesn't tell the whole story. 💸 The real gap between "Total Labor Cost" (what employers pay) and "Take-Home Pay" varies wildly across OECD countries. 📊

In 🇯🇵 Japan, people work until age 67.7 on average. In 🇱🇺 Luxembourg? They retire at 59.5. That's an 8-year gap. Some cultures work deep into their late 60s, while others exit the workforce before 60. Here's how every OECD country compares. 📊