Iceland vs Singapore: Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - Corporate
Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - Corporate over time
- Iceland
- Singapore
How they compare
Iceland currently reports 3.23 Percentage of taxable income against 2.08 Percentage of taxable income in Singapore, a difference of 1.15 Percentage of taxable income.
That makes Iceland's figure about 1.6 times Singapore's.
Across all 7 years both countries report, Iceland has been ahead every year.
Iceland ranks 45th and Singapore ranks 46th of 50 countries.
Iceland has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iceland | Singapore | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 6.31 Percentage of taxable income | 2.08 Percentage of taxable income | 4.23 Percentage of taxable income | Iceland |
| 2020s | 3.4 Percentage of taxable income | 2.08 Percentage of taxable income | 1.31 Percentage of taxable income | Iceland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate, Iceland or Singapore?
- Iceland, at 3.23 Percentage of taxable income against 2.08 Percentage of taxable income in Singapore as of 2025.
- What is the difference in effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate between Iceland and Singapore?
- 1.15 Percentage of taxable income, with Iceland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Singapore?
- 7 years are reported by both, from 2019 to 2025.
- How do Iceland and Singapore rank globally for effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate?
- Iceland ranks 45th and Singapore ranks 46th 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.