The thing to look at is total taxation as a portion of GDP. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tax_revenue_as_percentage_of_GDP https://en.wiki

The thing to look at is total taxation as a portion of GDP. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tax_revenue_as_percentage_of_GDP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tax_reven... In the US, that's 26.9%. In France it's much higher, at 47.9%.