Jamaica vs Nigeria: Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average over time
- Jamaica
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 40.56 Percentage of taxable income against 35.9 Percentage of taxable income in Jamaica, a difference of 4.66 Percentage of taxable income.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Jamaica's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 9 shared years of data; in 2017 it was Jamaica ahead.
Jamaica ranks 11th and Nigeria ranks 8th of 99 countries.
Across the 2 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 1 and Nigeria in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 34.2 Percentage of taxable income | 29.43 Percentage of taxable income | 4.77 Percentage of taxable income | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 34.84 Percentage of taxable income | 36.69 Percentage of taxable income | 1.85 Percentage of taxable income | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average, Jamaica or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 40.56 Percentage of taxable income against 35.9 Percentage of taxable income in Jamaica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average between Jamaica and Nigeria?
- 4.66 Percentage of taxable income, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Nigeria?
- 9 years are reported by both, from 2017 to 2025.
- How do Jamaica and Nigeria rank globally for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average?
- Jamaica ranks 11th and Nigeria ranks 8th 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.