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Corporate Tax Rates around the World,

2019


Elke Asen
Policy Analyst


FISCAL
FACT
No. 679
Dec. 2019


Key Findings


*   In general, large industrialized nations tend to have higher statutory corporate
    income tax rates than developing  countries.

*  The  worldwide  average  statutory corporate  income  tax rate, measured across
    176 jurisdictions, is 24.18 percent. When weighted  by GDP, the average
    statutory rate is 26.30 percent.

*   Europe has the lowest  regional average rate, at 20.27 percent (25.13 percent
   when   weighted  by GDP). Conversely,  Africa has the highest regional average
   statutory  rate, at 28.45 percent (28.15 percent weighted  by GDP).

*  The  average  top corporate rate among  EU  countries is 21.77 percent, 23.59
    percent in OECD  countries, and 27.65  percent in the G7.

*  The  worldwide  average  statutory corporate  tax rate has consistently
   decreased   since 1980, with the largest decline occurring in the early 2000s.

*  The  average  statutory corporate tax rate has declined in every region since
    1980.


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