Nigeria vs Papua New Guinea: Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average over time
- Nigeria
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 44.83 Percentage of taxable income against 40.56 Percentage of taxable income in Nigeria, a difference of 4.27 Percentage of taxable income.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.
Across all 9 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.
Nigeria ranks 8th and Papua New Guinea ranks 6th of 99 countries.
Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 29.43 Percentage of taxable income | 48.51 Percentage of taxable income | 19.08 Percentage of taxable income | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 36.69 Percentage of taxable income | 46.25 Percentage of taxable income | 9.56 Percentage of taxable income | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average, Nigeria or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 44.83 Percentage of taxable income against 40.56 Percentage of taxable income in Nigeria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average between Nigeria and Papua New Guinea?
- 4.27 Percentage of taxable income, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Papua New Guinea?
- 9 years are reported by both, from 2017 to 2025.
- How do Nigeria and Papua New Guinea rank globally for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average?
- Nigeria ranks 8th 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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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.