Botswana vs Zambia: Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal over time
- Botswana
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 204.38 Percentage of taxable income against 173.38 Percentage of taxable income in Botswana, a difference of 31 Percentage of taxable income.
That makes Zambia's figure about 1.2 times Botswana's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 9 shared years of data; in 2017 it was Zambia ahead.
Botswana ranks 3rd 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 | Botswana | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 190.56 Percentage of taxable income | 208.86 Percentage of taxable income | 18.3 Percentage of taxable income | Zambia |
| 2020s | 181.3 Percentage of taxable income | 209.31 Percentage of taxable income | 28.01 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 marginal, Botswana or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 204.38 Percentage of taxable income against 173.38 Percentage of taxable income in Botswana as of 2025.
- What is the difference in effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal between Botswana and Zambia?
- 31 Percentage of taxable income, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Zambia?
- 9 years are reported by both, from 2017 to 2025.
- How do Botswana and Zambia rank globally for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal?
- Botswana ranks 3rd 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 marginal 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.