Japan vs Malaysia: Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average over time
- Japan
- Malaysia
How they compare
Japan currently reports 31.57 Percentage of taxable income against 29.92 Percentage of taxable income in Malaysia, a difference of 1.65 Percentage of taxable income.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Malaysia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 9 shared years of data; in 2017 it was Malaysia ahead.
Japan ranks 16th and Malaysia ranks 18th of 99 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 29.84 Percentage of taxable income | 29.78 Percentage of taxable income | 0.053 Percentage of taxable income | Japan |
| 2020s | 30.2 Percentage of taxable income | 29.06 Percentage of taxable income | 1.14 Percentage of taxable income | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average, Japan or Malaysia?
- Japan, at 31.57 Percentage of taxable income against 29.92 Percentage of taxable income in Malaysia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average between Japan and Malaysia?
- 1.65 Percentage of taxable income, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Malaysia?
- 9 years are reported by both, from 2017 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Malaysia rank globally for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average?
- Japan ranks 16th and Malaysia ranks 18th 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.