Denmark vs Norway: Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal over time
- Denmark
- Norway
How they compare
Denmark currently reports 56.49 Percentage of taxable income against 48.82 Percentage of taxable income in Norway, a difference of 7.67 Percentage of taxable income.
That makes Denmark's figure about 1.2 times Norway's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 9 shared years of data; in 2017 it was Norway ahead.
Denmark ranks 24th and Norway ranks 25th of 99 countries.
Norway has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.6 Percentage of taxable income | 41.26 Percentage of taxable income | 38.66 Percentage of taxable income | Norway |
| 2020s | 12.14 Percentage of taxable income | 45.18 Percentage of taxable income | 33.04 Percentage of taxable income | Norway |
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 Norway?
- Denmark, at 56.49 Percentage of taxable income against 48.82 Percentage of taxable income in Norway as of 2025.
- What is the difference in effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal between Denmark and Norway?
- 7.67 Percentage of taxable income, with Denmark ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Norway?
- 9 years are reported by both, from 2017 to 2025.
- How do Denmark and Norway rank globally for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal?
- Denmark ranks 24th and Norway ranks 25th 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.