Pigovian tax

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Pigovian tax

Quality:

Pigouvian tax - tax on activities generating negative externalities. Article “Pigovian tax” in Simple English Wikipedia has 0.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025).

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Pigovian tax”, its content was written by 2 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 582 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 2 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1577 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #3749 in June 2020
  • Global: #14589 in April 2025

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #31606 in June 2022
  • Global: #67955 in September 2009

There are 27 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Pigouvian tax
53.5131
2Portuguese (pt)
Imposto pigouviano
39.5421
3Indonesian (id)
Pajak Pigovian
36.1049
4Chinese (zh)
庇古税
30.2219
5Polish (pl)
Podatek Pigou
22.5144
6Dutch (nl)
Pigouviaanse belasting
21.7861
7German (de)
Pigou-Steuer
21.2997
8Persian (fa)
مالیات پیگویی
19.2939
9Danish (da)
Pigouskat
17.1646
10Finnish (fi)
Haittavero
17.0991
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Pigovian tax" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Pigouvian tax
2 082 966
2German (de)
Pigou-Steuer
400 126
3Japanese (ja)
ピグー税
270 837
4French (fr)
Taxe pigouvienne
210 313
5Spanish (es)
Impuesto pigouviano
203 921
6Italian (it)
Imposta pigouviana
173 995
7Polish (pl)
Podatek Pigou
76 950
8Portuguese (pt)
Imposto pigouviano
57 105
9Swedish (sv)
Pigouviansk skatt
41 659
10Finnish (fi)
Haittavero
38 903
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Pigovian tax" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Pigouvian tax
7 484
2French (fr)
Taxe pigouvienne
566
3Chinese (zh)
庇古税
527
4German (de)
Pigou-Steuer
473
5Italian (it)
Imposta pigouviana
410
6Spanish (es)
Impuesto pigouviano
363
7Japanese (ja)
ピグー税
356
8Polish (pl)
Podatek Pigou
318
9Simple English (simple)
Pigovian tax
189
10Portuguese (pt)
Imposto pigouviano
148
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Pigovian tax" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Pigouvian tax
238
2German (de)
Pigou-Steuer
60
3Italian (it)
Imposta pigouviana
34
4French (fr)
Taxe pigouvienne
32
5Swedish (sv)
Pigouviansk skatt
22
6Japanese (ja)
ピグー税
21
7Portuguese (pt)
Imposto pigouviano
18
8Czech (cs)
Pigouova daň
16
9Hungarian (hu)
Pigou-adó
16
10Finnish (fi)
Haittavero
14
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Pigovian tax" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Pigou-Steuer
1
2English (en)
Pigouvian tax
1
3Spanish (es)
Impuesto pigouviano
1
4French (fr)
Taxe pigouvienne
1
5Dutch (nl)
Pigouviaanse belasting
1
6Czech (cs)
Pigouova daň
0
7Danish (da)
Pigouskat
0
8Estonian (et)
Pigou maks
0
9Persian (fa)
مالیات پیگویی
0
10Finnish (fi)
Haittavero
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Pigovian tax" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Pigouvian tax
663
2Chinese (zh)
庇古税
217
3Japanese (ja)
ピグー税
151
4Persian (fa)
مالیات پیگویی
136
5Russian (ru)
Налог Пигу
61
6French (fr)
Taxe pigouvienne
53
7Ukrainian (uk)
Податок Піґу
38
8Finnish (fi)
Haittavero
26
9Korean (ko)
피구세
25
10German (de)
Pigou-Steuer
21
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Scores

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Popularity in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
csCzech
Pigouova daň
daDanish
Pigouskat
deGerman
Pigou-Steuer
enEnglish
Pigouvian tax
esSpanish
Impuesto pigouviano
etEstonian
Pigou maks
faPersian
مالیات پیگویی
fiFinnish
Haittavero
frFrench
Taxe pigouvienne
glGalician
Imposto Pigouviano
heHebrew
מס פיגוביאני
huHungarian
Pigou-adó
idIndonesian
Pajak Pigovian
itItalian
Imposta pigouviana
jaJapanese
ピグー税
koKorean
피구세
nlDutch
Pigouviaanse belasting
noNorwegian
Pigouskatt
plPolish
Podatek Pigou
ptPortuguese
Imposto pigouviano
ruRussian
Налог Пигу
simpleSimple English
Pigovian tax
svSwedish
Pigouviansk skatt
trTurkish
Pigou vergisi
ukUkrainian
Податок Піґу
viVietnamese
Thuế Pigou
zhChinese
庇古税

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#31606
06.2022
Global:
#67955
09.2009

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#3749
06.2020
Global:
#14589
04.2025

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

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Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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