Australia vs Japan: Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average over time
- Australia
- Japan
How they compare
Australia currently reports 33.5 Percentage of taxable income against 31.57 Percentage of taxable income in Japan, a difference of 1.93 Percentage of taxable income.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
Across all 9 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 15th and Japan ranks 16th of 99 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 30.82 Percentage of taxable income | 29.84 Percentage of taxable income | 0.985 Percentage of taxable income | Australia |
| 2020s | 32.31 Percentage of taxable income | 30.2 Percentage of taxable income | 2.11 Percentage of taxable income | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average, Australia or Japan?
- Australia, at 33.5 Percentage of taxable income against 31.57 Percentage of taxable income in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average between Australia and Japan?
- 1.93 Percentage of taxable income, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Japan?
- 9 years are reported by both, from 2017 to 2025.
- How do Australia and Japan rank globally for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average?
- Australia ranks 15th and Japan ranks 16th of 99 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average tax rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This table reports synthetic tax policy indicators calculated on the basis of a prospective, hypothetical investment project. Unlike backward-looking ETRs, they do not incorporate any information about firms' actual tax payments.The OECD methodology has been described in detail in the OECD Taxation Working Paper No. 38 (Hanappi, 2018). Further methodological information is available in the explanatory annex.