Effective Corporate Tax Rate by Country 2025

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5 Countries with the Highest Effective Corporate Tax Rate

Country
Tax Rate Floor
Tax Rate Ceiling (if different)
Details
Bahrain46%46% for oil corps; 0% for other corps
Puerto Rico37.5%18.5% + 19% surtax on income over USD 275,000
Colombia35%
Argentina35%
Chad35%
Equatorial Guinea35%
Malta35%
Brazil34%Composed of IRPJ at the rate of 25% and CSLL at the rate of 9%
Venezuela34%
Cameroon33%
Morocco32%For FY23, the CIT rate applicable to companies with a net taxable income higher than MAD 100 million is 32%
Namibia32%
Ethiopia30%
Mexico30%
DR Congo30%
Tanzania30%
Kenya30%Resident corp: 30; | Foreign corp: 30
Uganda30%
Peru30%
Sri Lanka30%
Malawi30%
Zambia30%35% in 2021 charge year
Senegal30%
Rwanda30%
Papua New Guinea30%48%Resident: 30; | Non-resident: 48
Nicaragua30%
El Salvador30%
Costa Rica30%
Gabon30%35% for oil & gas and mining companies
Trinidad and Tobago30%35% for commercial banks and petrochemical companies
Saint Lucia30%
Pakistan29%
Republic of the Congo28%
New Zealand28%
Eswatini28%
South Africa27%
Dominican Republic27%
Greenland26.5%25% + 6% surcharge
Netherlands26%
China25%
Philippines25%
Turkey25%30% for financial sector companies
France25%
Spain25%
Angola25%
Ghana25%
Ivory Coast25%
Australia25%30%25% for 'small-medium business' entities
Chile25%27%
Guatemala25%System on earnings: 25% on net income; | Simplified optional system: 7% on gross income
Bolivia25%0%25% except for mining, financial institutions, and insurance/reinsurance companies, which have an additional income tax rate
Belgium25%
Honduras25%30%25% plus a surcharge of 5% on net taxable income over 1 million HNL (Honduran Lempira)
Mauritania25%
Panama25%
Mongolia25%
Uruguay25%
Jamaica25%33%Regulated company: 33⅓; | Building society: 30; | Life assurance company: 25; | Unregulated company: 25
Guyana25%
Luxembourg24.94%24.94% on a combined basis (CIT, solidarity surtax, and municipal business tax [Luxembourg City])
Zimbabwe24.72%
Italy24%
South Korea24%
Malaysia24%
Austria24%
Libya24%20% + 4% Jehad Tax
Japan23.2%
Egypt23%
Israel23%
Indonesia22%
Myanmar22%
Ecuador22%28%Depending on the company's shareholders structure (corporate structure) and disclosure compliance.
Greece22%
Denmark22%
Norway22%25% for certain companies within the financial sector
Botswana22%
Cape Verde22%22% + 2% surcharge
United States21%Federal CIT: 21%. | State CITs range from 1% to 12% (although some states impose no CIT) and are deductible expenses for federal CIT purposes.
Portugal21%
Slovakia21%
Sweden20.6%
Vietnam20%
Thailand20%
Saudi Arabia20%
Madagascar20%
Taiwan20%
Kazakhstan20%
Cambodia20%
Jordan20%35%Banks: 35; Telecommunication, insurance corps, financial intermediary: 24; Other corps: 20
Azerbaijan20%
Laos20%
Finland20%
Latvia20%Payable only when profits are distributed
Estonia20%Undistributed profits are tax exempt
Fiji20%
Iceland20%
United Kingdom19%25%25% main rate (from 1 April 2023); | 19% small profits rate of corporation tax for companies whose profits do not exceed GBP 50,000 (from 1 April 2023).
Algeria19%26%19% for manufacturing activities; | 23% for building activities, public works, and hydraulics, as well as tourist and thermal activities, excluding travel agencies; | 26% for all other activities.
Poland19%
Czech Republic19%
Slovenia19%
Ukraine18%
Tajikistan18%13% for entities producing goods, | 20% for financial institutions and mobile companies
Croatia18%10% for companies with less than EUR 995,421.06 in revenues
Armenia18%
Singapore17%
Lebanon17%
Romania16%
Germany15.82%Corporate income tax/solidarity surcharge: 15.825%; | Trade tax: From 8.75% to 20.3%, depending upon the location of the business establishment.
India15%30%Domestic companies: | 1. 25% or 30% (plus applicable surcharge and cess) depending on turnover. | 2. 15% or 22% (plus applicable surcharge and cess) subject to certain conditions.
Iraq15%35 for certain companies in the oil and gas sector
Canada15%Federal CIT: 15%. | Provincial and territorial CITs range from 8% to 16% and are not deductible for federal CIT purposes.
Uzbekistan15%
Tunisia15%
Hong Kong15%16.5%Corporations: 16.5; | Unincorporated businesses: 15
Serbia15%
Palestine15%20% for telecommunication companies and other companies that operate under a franchise or a monopoly in the Palestinian market
Oman15%
Kuwait15%
Georgia15%20% for banks, credit unions, microfinance organisations, and loan providers
Lithuania15%
Albania15%
Montenegro15%
Maldives15%
Cyprus13%
Ireland12.5%25%Trading corp: 12.5 | Non-trading corp: 25
Liechtenstein12.5%
Gibraltar12.5%12.5% from 01 August 2021 (10% up to 31 July 2021). | Utility and energy providers and corps abusing a dominant position pay 20%
Moldova12%
Macau12%
Mozambique10%32%32% for most, but a reduced rate of 10% is applicable to agricultural, livestock, aquaculture, and urban transportation activities
Kyrgyzstan10%
Paraguay10%
Bulgaria10%
Bosnia and Herzegovina10%
Qatar10%35%10% except for petrochemical/petroleum companies/operations, for which a minimum rate of 35% applies
North Macedonia10%
Timor-Leste10%
United Arab Emirates9%
Hungary9%
Switzerland8.5%21%Federal CIT: 8.5% on profit after tax (7.83% on profit before tax). | Cantonal and communal CITs are added to federal CIT, resulting in an overall effective tax rate between 11.9% and 21.0%, depending on the company’s location of corporate residence in Switzerland.
Turkmenistan8%20%Domestic corp.: 8; | Foreign corp.: 20
Mauritius3%15%3% for companies exporting goods
Barbados1%5.5%
Nigeria30%30% for large companies; | 20% for medium companies; | 0% for small companies
Isle of Man20%Corporate: 0; | Banks: 10; | Income from real estate: 20
  • Data shown are the Headline Corporate Income Tax (CIT) rates for each country.