Panama vs Switzerland: Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal over time
- Panama
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 20.76 Percentage of taxable income against 19.3 Percentage of taxable income in Panama, a difference of 1.46 Percentage of taxable income.
That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.1 times Panama's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 9 shared years of data; in 2017 it was Panama ahead.
Panama ranks 68th and Switzerland ranks 65th of 99 countries.
Across the 2 decades both report, Panama averaged higher in 1 and Switzerland in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Panama | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 18.69 Percentage of taxable income | 17.41 Percentage of taxable income | 1.28 Percentage of taxable income | Panama |
| 2020s | 18.13 Percentage of taxable income | 19.11 Percentage of taxable income | 0.982 Percentage of taxable income | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal, Panama or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 20.76 Percentage of taxable income against 19.3 Percentage of taxable income in Panama as of 2025.
- What is the difference in effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal between Panama and Switzerland?
- 1.46 Percentage of taxable income, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Panama and Switzerland?
- 9 years are reported by both, from 2017 to 2025.
- How do Panama and Switzerland rank globally for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal?
- Panama ranks 68th and Switzerland ranks 65th 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.