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Countries With the Lowest Corporate Tax Rates

Every country with a figure for corporate tax rate, ranked from lowest to highest. The top three are United Arab Emirates (0%), Bahrain (0%) and Bahamas, The (0%). The middle country of the 90 has 23%.

What this measures

Combined statutory corporate income tax rate, in % of profit. Source: OECD. For this measure, no agreed better direction.

The headline tax rate on company profits, national and local combined, for over ninety countries and territories. That is the widest coverage of any OECD series here. It is the rate written in law, not the rate firms actually pay after allowances and tax avoidance. From a 2019 release kept as a snapshot, so the series ends in 2018. No "better" direction is set.

The full ranking

Each country’s latest figure, from 2018–2018. The year beside each value says when it was measured.

RankCountryCorporate tax rateYearRegion
1United Arab Emirates0%2018Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
2Bahrain0%2018Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
3Bahamas, The0%2018Latin America & Caribbean
4Bermuda0%2018North America
5Cayman Islands0%2018Latin America & Caribbean
6Isle of Man0%2018Europe & Central Asia
7Saudi Arabia0%2018Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
8Turks and Caicos Islands0%2018Latin America & Caribbean
9British Virgin Islands0%2018Latin America & Caribbean
10Hungary9%2018Europe & Central Asia
11Andorra10%2018Europe & Central Asia
12Bulgaria10%2018Europe & Central Asia
13Paraguay10%2018Latin America & Caribbean
14Macao SAR, China12%2018East Asia & Pacific
15Ireland12.5%2018Europe & Central Asia
16Liechtenstein12.5%2018Europe & Central Asia
17Lithuania15%2018Europe & Central Asia
18Maldives15%2018South Asia
19Mauritius15%2018Sub-Saharan Africa
20Oman15%2018Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
21Serbia15%2018Europe & Central Asia
22Romania16%2018Europe & Central Asia
23Hong Kong SAR, China16.5%2018East Asia & Pacific
24Singapore17%2018East Asia & Pacific
25Croatia18%2018Europe & Central Asia
26Brunei Darussalam18.5%2018East Asia & Pacific
27Czechia19%2018Europe & Central Asia
28United Kingdom19%2018Europe & Central Asia
29Poland19%2018Europe & Central Asia
30Slovenia19%2018Europe & Central Asia
31Estonia20%2018Europe & Central Asia
32Finland20%2018Europe & Central Asia
33Iceland20%2018Europe & Central Asia
34Latvia20%2018Europe & Central Asia
35Russian Federation20%2018Europe & Central Asia
36Thailand20%2018East Asia & Pacific
37Viet Nam20%2018East Asia & Pacific
38Slovak Republic21%2018Europe & Central Asia
39Switzerland21.1%2018Europe & Central Asia
40Botswana22%2018Sub-Saharan Africa
41Curacao22%2018Latin America & Caribbean
42Denmark22%2018Europe & Central Asia
43Sweden22%2018Europe & Central Asia
44Turkiye22%2018Europe & Central Asia
45Egypt, Arab Rep.22.5%2018Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
46Israel23%2018Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
47Norway23%2018Europe & Central Asia
48Malaysia24%2018East Asia & Pacific
49Austria25%2018Europe & Central Asia
50Barbados25%2018Latin America & Caribbean
51Chile25%2018Latin America & Caribbean
52China25%2018East Asia & Pacific
53Cote d'Ivoire25%2018Sub-Saharan Africa
54Spain25%2018Europe & Central Asia
55Indonesia25%2018East Asia & Pacific
56Jamaica25%2018Latin America & Caribbean
57Liberia25%2018Sub-Saharan Africa
58Netherlands25%2018Europe & Central Asia
59Panama25%2018Latin America & Caribbean
60Uruguay25%2018Latin America & Caribbean
61United States25.8%2018North America
62Luxembourg26%2018Europe & Central Asia
63Canada26.8%2018North America
64Burkina Faso27.5%2018Sub-Saharan Africa
65Korea, Rep.27.5%2018East Asia & Pacific
66Italy27.8%2018Europe & Central Asia
67New Zealand28%2018East Asia & Pacific
68South Africa28%2018Sub-Saharan Africa
69Greece29%2018Europe & Central Asia
70Peru29.5%2018Latin America & Caribbean
71Belgium29.6%2018Europe & Central Asia
72Japan29.7%2018East Asia & Pacific
73Germany29.8%2018Europe & Central Asia
74Angola30%2018Sub-Saharan Africa
75Argentina30%2018Latin America & Caribbean
76Australia30%2018East Asia & Pacific
77Gabon30%2018Sub-Saharan Africa
78Kenya30%2018Sub-Saharan Africa
79Mexico30%2018Latin America & Caribbean
80Nigeria30%2018Sub-Saharan Africa
81Senegal30%2018Sub-Saharan Africa
82Seychelles30%2018Sub-Saharan Africa
83St. Vincent and the Grenadines30%2018Latin America & Caribbean
84Portugal31.5%2018Europe & Central Asia
85Monaco33.3%2018Europe & Central Asia
86Brazil34%2018Latin America & Caribbean
87France34.4%2018Europe & Central Asia
88Congo, Dem. Rep.35%2018Sub-Saharan Africa
89Malta35%2018Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
90India48.3%2018South Asia

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