Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of revenue) by country
Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are taxes payable on the actual or presumed incomes, profits and capital gains. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.
Countries reporting
153
Highest
67.9%
Australia
Lowest
0.3%
Bahrain
Median
23.9%
Years covered
53
1972–2024
Data points
5,670
What the numbers show
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of revenue) is currently reported for 153 countries. The highest value is 67.9% in Australia; the lowest is 0.3% in Bahrain.
The median across all reporting countries is 23.9%, and the mean is 24.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 213.
Over the past decade 112 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Moldova (up 397.6%), and the largest decrease in Lebanon (down 59.4%).
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 67.9% | 2022 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 2 | Papua New Guinea | 59.4% | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 3 | New Zealand | 56.7% | 2024 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 4 | United States | 56.3% | 2024 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 5 | Canada | 53.9% | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 6 | Denmark | 51.4% | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 7 | South Africa | 50.8% | 2024 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 8 | Malaysia | 47.6% | 2024 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 9 | Ireland | 45.2% | 2024 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 10 | Malta | 41.7% | 2024 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 11 | Nicaragua | 41.3% | 2024 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 12 | Mexico | 41.3% | 2024 | up 35.4% | flat |
| 13 | United Kingdom | 40.6% | 2024 | up 19.1% | falling |
| 14 | Armenia | 39.6% | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 15 | Ghana | 39.5% | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 16 | Malawi | 39.2% | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 17 | Mozambique | 39.1% | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 18 | Singapore | 39.0% | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 19 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 38.8% | 2022 | up 194.8% | rising |
| 20 | Georgia | 38.5% | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 21 | Indonesia | 37.4% | 2009 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 22 | Namibia | 36.8% | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 23 | Belgium | 35.9% | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 24 | Luxembourg | 35.6% | 2024 | up 23.6% | falling |
| 25 | Netherlands | 35.5% | 2024 | up 40.1% | flat |
| 26 | Mali | 35.4% | 2020 | up 62.2% | rising |
| 27 | Zambia | 35.1% | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 28 | Israel | 35.1% | 2024 | up 21.3% | flat |
| 29 | India | 34.8% | 2022 | down 22.3% | rising |
| 30 | Philippines | 34.7% | 2024 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 31 | Italy | 34.7% | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 32 | Iceland | 34.6% | 2023 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 33 | Eswatini | 34.4% | 2021 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 34 | Brazil | 34.2% | 2024 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 35 | Guatemala | 33.9% | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 36 | Uganda | 33.7% | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 37 | Kenya | 33.3% | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 38 | Zimbabwe | 33.3% | 2018 | up 52.3% | rising |
| 39 | Jamaica | 33.2% | 2020 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 40 | Botswana | 32.4% | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 41 | Chile | 31.8% | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 42 | Morocco | 30.5% | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 43 | Cambodia | 30.5% | 2023 | up 114.3% | rising |
| 44 | East Timor | 30.2% | 2022 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 45 | Barbados | 30.0% | 2016 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 46 | Thailand | 29.9% | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 47 | Sri Lanka | 29.6% | 2023 | up 66.2% | rising |
| 48 | Peru | 29.5% | 2021 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 49 | Dominican Republic | 29.3% | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 50 | Angola | 29.1% | 2024 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 51 | Panama | 29.1% | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 52 | France | 29.1% | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 53 | Lithuania | 29.0% | 2024 | up 83.6% | falling |
| 54 | Tanzania | 29.0% | 2024 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 55 | Norway | 28.5% | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 56 | El Salvador | 28.4% | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 57 | Austria | 28.2% | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 58 | Fiji | 27.8% | 2024 | up 33.9% | falling |
| 59 | South Korea | 27.5% | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 60 | Kazakhstan | 27.1% | 2023 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 61 | Finland | 26.8% | 2024 | up 78.2% | falling |
| 62 | Cote d'Ivoire | 26.8% | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 63 | Nepal | 26.7% | 2023 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 64 | Tunisia | 26.7% | 2012 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 65 | Mauritius | 26.7% | 2024 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 66 | Cyprus | 26.1% | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 67 | Trinidad and Tobago | 26.1% | 2019 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 68 | Bangladesh | 25.8% | 2021 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 69 | Rwanda | 25.5% | 2023 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 70 | Switzerland | 25.1% | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 71 | Senegal | 24.7% | 2023 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 72 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 24.7% | 2017 | up 10.5% | flat |
| 73 | Portugal | 24.5% | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 74 | Belize | 24.4% | 2017 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 75 | Colombia | 24.1% | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 76 | Egypt | 24.1% | 2015 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 77 | Gabon | 23.9% | 2021 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 78 | Niger | 23.8% | 1980 | — | falling |
| 79 | Solomon Islands | 22.7% | 2024 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 80 | Cape Verde | 22.7% | 2020 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 81 | Saint Lucia | 22.7% | 2017 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 82 | Burkina Faso | 22.4% | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 83 | Estonia | 22.3% | 2024 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 84 | Spain | 22.0% | 2024 | up 8.1% | flat |
| 85 | Czechia | 21.9% | 2024 | up 8.9% | flat |
| 86 | San Marino | 21.8% | 2024 | up 26.9% | falling |
| 87 | Cameroon | 21.8% | 2021 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 88 | Greece | 21.5% | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 89 | Ethiopia | 21.5% | 2024 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 90 | Lesotho | 20.4% | 2024 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 91 | Slovakia | 20.4% | 2024 | up 13.3% | flat |
| 92 | Bhutan | 19.9% | 2020 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 93 | Madagascar | 19.8% | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 94 | Equatorial Guinea | 19.8% | 2022 | down 27.1% | rising |
| 95 | Honduras | 19.5% | 2020 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 96 | Andorra | 19.4% | 2024 | up 65.0% | rising |
| 97 | Iran | 19.3% | 2009 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 98 | Laos | 19.3% | 2022 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 99 | Jordan | 19.3% | 2023 | up 62.9% | rising |
| 100 | Guinea-Bissau | 19.0% | 2024 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 101 | Hungary | 18.9% | 2024 | up 23.9% | flat |
| 102 | Uzbekistan | 18.8% | 2023 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 103 | Uruguay | 18.8% | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 104 | Bulgaria | 18.4% | 2024 | up 21.3% | falling |
| 105 | Slovenia | 18.3% | 2024 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 106 | Sweden | 18.2% | 2024 | up 24.1% | falling |
| 107 | Togo | 18.0% | 2023 | up 49.2% | falling |
| 108 | Turkey | 17.7% | 2024 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 109 | Romania | 17.7% | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 110 | Serbia | 17.6% | 2022 | up 131.8% | rising |
| 111 | China | 17.5% | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 112 | North Macedonia | 17.3% | 2024 | up 38.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Azerbaijan | 17.1% | 2024 | up 22.3% | falling |
| 114 | Paraguay | 16.5% | 2024 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 115 | Germany | 16.5% | 2024 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 116 | Mongolia | 16.3% | 2024 | up 51.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Ukraine | 16.2% | 2024 | up 90.9% | rising |
| 118 | Albania | 16.0% | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 119 | Burundi | 15.8% | 2021 | up 36.7% | falling |
| 120 | Seychelles | 15.8% | 2008 | up 30.5% | falling |
| 121 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 15.5% | 2020 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 122 | Costa Rica | 15.3% | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 123 | Kyrgyzstan | 14.5% | 2024 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 124 | Samoa | 13.8% | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 125 | Poland | 13.4% | 2023 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 126 | Myanmar | 13.2% | 2019 | up 74.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Maldives | 12.7% | 2021 | up 348.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Moldova | 12.4% | 2023 | up 397.6% | volatile |
| 129 | Ecuador | 12.3% | 2022 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 130 | Micronesia (country) | 10.9% | 2020 | up 164.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Latvia | 10.3% | 2024 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 132 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9.9% | 2024 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 133 | Marshall Islands | 9.7% | 2020 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 134 | Bolivia | 9.6% | 2007 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 135 | Argentina | 9.1% | 2024 | down 34.5% | rising |
| 136 | Tonga | 8.9% | 2023 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 137 | Palau | 8.8% | 2020 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 138 | Nauru | 8.7% | 2024 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 139 | Congo | 8.6% | 2021 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 140 | Macao | 8.6% | 2024 | up 121.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Croatia | 7.9% | 2023 | up 14.1% | falling |
| 142 | Lebanon | 7.8% | 2024 | down 59.4% | rising |
| 143 | Tajikistan | 7.7% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 144 | Kiribati | 7.4% | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 145 | Sudan | 5.9% | 2016 | up 26.2% | volatile |
| 146 | Russia | 4.6% | 2024 | up 143.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Afghanistan | 4.5% | 2017 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 148 | Somalia | 4.0% | 2024 | up 185.4% | rising |
| 149 | Belarus | 3.0% | 2024 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Saudi Arabia | 2.5% | 2024 | up 87.3% | rising |
| 151 | Iraq | 2.0% | 2019 | up 57.2% | rising |
| 152 | Kuwait | 0.8% | 1998 | up 37.1% | volatile |
| 153 | Bahrain | 0.3% | 2020 | down 51.3% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- North America 55.1%
- East Asia & Pacific 34.0%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 32.3%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 31.2%
- Early-demographic dividend 30.3%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 29.3%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 29.1%
- Latin America & Caribbean 29.1%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 29.1%
- IDA blend 28.8%
- Middle income 28.5%
- South Asia 28.2%
About this data
Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are taxes payable on the actual or presumed incomes, profits and capital gains. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.