Denmark vs Switzerland: Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - Corporate
Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - Corporate over time
- Denmark
- Switzerland
How they compare
Denmark currently reports 19.1 Percentage of taxable income against 18.03 Percentage of taxable income in Switzerland, a difference of 1.07 Percentage of taxable income.
That makes Denmark's figure about 1.1 times Switzerland's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 7 shared years of data; in 2019 it was Denmark ahead.
Denmark ranks 15th and Switzerland ranks 16th of 50 countries.
Across the 2 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 1 and Switzerland in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 19.88 Percentage of taxable income | 19.45 Percentage of taxable income | 0.43 Percentage of taxable income | Denmark |
| 2020s | 17.65 Percentage of taxable income | 18.29 Percentage of taxable income | 0.6433 Percentage of taxable income | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate, Denmark or Switzerland?
- Denmark, at 19.1 Percentage of taxable income against 18.03 Percentage of taxable income in Switzerland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate between Denmark and Switzerland?
- 1.07 Percentage of taxable income, with Denmark ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Switzerland?
- 7 years are reported by both, from 2019 to 2025.
- How do Denmark and Switzerland rank globally for effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate?
- Denmark ranks 15th and Switzerland ranks 16th of 50 countries.
- 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 — Effective average 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 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.