Botswana vs Papua New Guinea: Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average

Botswana
61.42 Percentage of taxable income
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
44.83 Percentage of taxable income
in 2025
Botswana rank
3rd
Papua New Guinea rank
6th

Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average over time

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  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Botswana currently reports 61.42 Percentage of taxable income against 44.83 Percentage of taxable income in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 16.59 Percentage of taxable income.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.4 times Papua New Guinea's.

Across all 9 years both countries report, Botswana has been ahead every year.

Botswana ranks 3rd and Papua New Guinea ranks 6th of 99 countries.

Botswana has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Botswana Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
2010s 62.61 Percentage of taxable income 48.51 Percentage of taxable income 14.1 Percentage of taxable income Botswana
2020s 61.98 Percentage of taxable income 46.25 Percentage of taxable income 15.73 Percentage of taxable income Botswana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average, Botswana or Papua New Guinea?
Botswana, at 61.42 Percentage of taxable income against 44.83 Percentage of taxable income in Papua New Guinea as of 2025.
What is the difference in effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average between Botswana and Papua New Guinea?
16.59 Percentage of taxable income, with Botswana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Papua New Guinea?
9 years are reported by both, from 2017 to 2025.
How do Botswana and Papua New Guinea rank globally for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average?
Botswana ranks 3rd and Papua New Guinea ranks 6th 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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Indicator
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average tax rate
Unit
Percentage of taxable income
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
105 places, 945 data points, 2017–2025
Last refreshed

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.