Estonia vs Latvia: Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - Corporate
Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - Corporate over time
- Estonia
- Latvia
How they compare
Latvia currently reports 18 Percentage of taxable income against 17.73 Percentage of taxable income in Estonia, a difference of 0.27 Percentage of taxable income.
Across all 7 years both countries report, Latvia has been ahead every year.
Estonia ranks 18th and Latvia ranks 17th of 50 countries.
Latvia has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Estonia | Latvia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 18 Percentage of taxable income | 18 Percentage of taxable income | 0 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2020s | 17.6 Percentage of taxable income | 18 Percentage of taxable income | 0.4 Percentage of taxable income | Latvia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate, Estonia or Latvia?
- Latvia, at 18 Percentage of taxable income against 17.73 Percentage of taxable income in Estonia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate between Estonia and Latvia?
- 0.27 Percentage of taxable income, with Latvia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Estonia and Latvia?
- 7 years are reported by both, from 2019 to 2025.
- How do Estonia and Latvia rank globally for effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate?
- Estonia ranks 18th and Latvia ranks 17th 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.