Korea vs Viet Nam: Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - Corporate
Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - Corporate over time
- Korea
- Viet Nam
How they compare
Korea currently reports -2.81 Percentage of taxable income against -7.8 Percentage of taxable income in Viet Nam, a difference of 4.99 Percentage of taxable income.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 7 shared years of data; in 2019 it was Korea ahead.
Korea ranks 1st and Viet Nam ranks 2nd of 3 groups.
Across the 2 decades both report, Korea averaged higher in 1 and Viet Nam in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Korea | Viet Nam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 14.67 Percentage of taxable income | 0 Percentage of taxable income | 14.67 Percentage of taxable income | Korea |
| 2020s | -2.72 Percentage of taxable income | -1.3 Percentage of taxable income | 1.42 Percentage of taxable income | Viet Nam |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate, Korea or Viet Nam?
- Korea, at -2.81 Percentage of taxable income against -7.8 Percentage of taxable income in Viet Nam as of 2025.
- What is the difference in effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate between Korea and Viet Nam?
- 4.99 Percentage of taxable income, with Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Viet Nam?
- 7 years are reported by both, from 2019 to 2025.
- How do Korea and Viet Nam rank globally for effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate?
- Korea ranks 1st and Viet Nam ranks 2nd of 3 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - Corporate tax statistics — Implicit subsidy (EATR). 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 that capture the effect of expenditure-based R&D tax incentives on firms’ investment costs: The EATR for R&D measures the impact of taxation on R&D investments that earn an economic profit. the user cost of capital for R&D measures the return that a firm needs to realise on an R&D investment before tax to offset all costs and taxes that arise from the investment, making zero economic profit. Further methodological information is available in the explanatory annex.