Germany vs United States: Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal over time
- Germany
- United States
How they compare
United States currently reports -19.61 Percentage of taxable income against -31.36 Percentage of taxable income in Germany, a difference of 11.75 Percentage of taxable income.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 9 shared years of data; in 2017 it was Germany ahead.
Germany ranks 97th and United States ranks 95th of 99 countries.
Across the 2 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 1 and United States in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 25.5 Percentage of taxable income | -1.65 Percentage of taxable income | 27.15 Percentage of taxable income | Germany |
| 2020s | -18.8 Percentage of taxable income | -10.36 Percentage of taxable income | 8.44 Percentage of taxable income | United States |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal, Germany or United States?
- United States, at -19.61 Percentage of taxable income against -31.36 Percentage of taxable income in Germany as of 2025.
- What is the difference in effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal between Germany and United States?
- 11.75 Percentage of taxable income, with United States ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and United States?
- 9 years are reported by both, from 2017 to 2025.
- How do Germany and United States rank globally for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal?
- Germany ranks 97th and United States ranks 95th 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.