Namibia vs Zambia: Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average

Namibia
58.81 Percentage of taxable income
in 2025
Zambia
80.14 Percentage of taxable income
in 2025
Namibia rank
4th
Zambia rank
2nd

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

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How they compare

Zambia currently reports 80.14 Percentage of taxable income against 58.81 Percentage of taxable income in Namibia, a difference of 21.33 Percentage of taxable income.

That makes Zambia's figure about 1.4 times Namibia's.

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

Namibia ranks 4th and Zambia ranks 2nd of 99 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Namibia Zambia Difference Ahead
2010s 63.2 Percentage of taxable income 93.53 Percentage of taxable income 30.33 Percentage of taxable income Zambia
2020s 61.35 Percentage of taxable income 84.92 Percentage of taxable income 23.57 Percentage of taxable income Zambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average, Namibia or Zambia?
Zambia, at 80.14 Percentage of taxable income against 58.81 Percentage of taxable income in Namibia as of 2025.
What is the difference in effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average between Namibia and Zambia?
21.33 Percentage of taxable income, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Zambia?
9 years are reported by both, from 2017 to 2025.
How do Namibia and Zambia rank globally for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average?
Namibia ranks 4th and Zambia ranks 2nd 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
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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.