Iceland vs Korea: Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal over time
- Iceland
- Korea
How they compare
Iceland currently reports 144.03 Percentage of taxable income against 47.6 Percentage of taxable income in Korea, a difference of 96.43 Percentage of taxable income.
That makes Iceland's figure about 3.0 times Korea's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 9 shared years of data; in 2017 it was Korea ahead.
Iceland ranks 4th and Korea ranks 2nd of 99 countries.
Across the 2 decades both report, Iceland averaged higher in 1 and Korea in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iceland | Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 25.78 Percentage of taxable income | 36.4 Percentage of taxable income | 10.62 Percentage of taxable income | Korea |
| 2020s | 104.45 Percentage of taxable income | 43.12 Percentage of taxable income | 61.33 Percentage of taxable income | Iceland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal, Iceland or Korea?
- Iceland, at 144.03 Percentage of taxable income against 47.6 Percentage of taxable income in Korea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal between Iceland and Korea?
- 96.43 Percentage of taxable income, with Iceland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Korea?
- 9 years are reported by both, from 2017 to 2025.
- How do Iceland and Korea rank globally for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal?
- Iceland ranks 4th and Korea ranks 2nd 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.