Democratic Republic of the Congo vs Zambia: Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal

Democratic Republic of the Congo
43.54 Percentage of taxable income
in 2025
Zambia
204.38 Percentage of taxable income
in 2025
Democratic Republic of the Congo rank
1st
Zambia rank
2nd

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

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Zambia
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How they compare

Zambia currently reports 204.38 Percentage of taxable income against 43.54 Percentage of taxable income in Democratic Republic of the Congo, a difference of 160.84 Percentage of taxable income.

That makes Zambia's figure about 4.7 times Democratic Republic of the Congo's.

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

Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 1st and Zambia ranks 2nd of 3 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Democratic Republic of the Congo Zambia Difference Ahead
2010s 35.67 Percentage of taxable income 208.86 Percentage of taxable income 173.19 Percentage of taxable income Zambia
2020s 41.34 Percentage of taxable income 209.31 Percentage of taxable income 167.97 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, Democratic Republic of the Congo or Zambia?
Zambia, at 204.38 Percentage of taxable income against 43.54 Percentage of taxable income in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2025.
What is the difference in effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal between Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia?
160.84 Percentage of taxable income, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia?
9 years are reported by both, from 2017 to 2025.
How do Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia rank globally for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal?
Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 1st and Zambia ranks 2nd of 3 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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Indicator
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal 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, 936 data points, 2017–2025
Last refreshed

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.