Denmark vs Sweden: Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal over time
- Denmark
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 61.04 Percentage of taxable income against 56.49 Percentage of taxable income in Denmark, a difference of 4.55 Percentage of taxable income.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Denmark's.
Across all 9 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.
Denmark ranks 24th and Sweden ranks 21st of 99 countries.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.6 Percentage of taxable income | 30.56 Percentage of taxable income | 27.96 Percentage of taxable income | Sweden |
| 2020s | 12.14 Percentage of taxable income | 51.53 Percentage of taxable income | 39.39 Percentage of taxable income | Sweden |
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 Sweden?
- Sweden, at 61.04 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 Sweden?
- 4.55 Percentage of taxable income, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Sweden?
- 9 years are reported by both, from 2017 to 2025.
- How do Denmark and Sweden rank globally for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal?
- Denmark ranks 24th and Sweden ranks 21st 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.