Denmark vs Malaysia: Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal over time
- Denmark
- Malaysia
How they compare
Malaysia currently reports 58.19 Percentage of taxable income against 56.49 Percentage of taxable income in Denmark, a difference of 1.7 Percentage of taxable income.
Across all 9 years both countries report, Malaysia has been ahead every year.
Denmark ranks 24th and Malaysia ranks 22nd of 99 countries.
Malaysia has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.6 Percentage of taxable income | 56.06 Percentage of taxable income | 53.45 Percentage of taxable income | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 12.14 Percentage of taxable income | 51.95 Percentage of taxable income | 39.81 Percentage of taxable income | Malaysia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal, Denmark or Malaysia?
- Malaysia, at 58.19 Percentage of taxable income against 56.49 Percentage of taxable income in Denmark as of 2025.
- What is the difference in effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal between Denmark and Malaysia?
- 1.7 Percentage of taxable income, with Malaysia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Malaysia?
- 9 years are reported by both, from 2017 to 2025.
- How do Denmark and Malaysia rank globally for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal?
- Denmark ranks 24th and Malaysia ranks 22nd 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.