Singapore vs United Kingdom: Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal over time
- Singapore
- United Kingdom
How they compare
United Kingdom currently reports 5.8 Percentage of taxable income against 2.83 Percentage of taxable income in Singapore, a difference of 2.97 Percentage of taxable income.
That makes United Kingdom's figure about 2.0 times Singapore's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 9 shared years of data; in 2017 it was United Kingdom ahead.
Singapore ranks 79th and United Kingdom ranks 78th of 99 countries.
Across the 2 decades both report, Singapore averaged higher in 1 and United Kingdom in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Singapore | United Kingdom | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.96 Percentage of taxable income | 2.49 Percentage of taxable income | 0.526 Percentage of taxable income | United Kingdom |
| 2020s | 2.39 Percentage of taxable income | -24.51 Percentage of taxable income | 26.9 Percentage of taxable income | Singapore |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal, Singapore or United Kingdom?
- United Kingdom, at 5.8 Percentage of taxable income against 2.83 Percentage of taxable income in Singapore as of 2025.
- What is the difference in effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal between Singapore and United Kingdom?
- 2.97 Percentage of taxable income, with United Kingdom ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Singapore and United Kingdom?
- 9 years are reported by both, from 2017 to 2025.
- How do Singapore and United Kingdom rank globally for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal?
- Singapore ranks 79th and United Kingdom ranks 78th 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.