Switzerland vs United States: Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - Corporate
Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - Corporate over time
- Switzerland
- United States
How they compare
United States currently reports 19.93 Percentage of taxable income against 18.03 Percentage of taxable income in Switzerland, a difference of 1.9 Percentage of taxable income.
That makes United States's figure about 1.1 times Switzerland's.
Across all 7 years both countries report, United States has been ahead every year.
Switzerland ranks 16th and United States ranks 13th of 50 countries.
United States has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Switzerland | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 19.45 Percentage of taxable income | 20.24 Percentage of taxable income | 0.79 Percentage of taxable income | United States |
| 2020s | 18.29 Percentage of taxable income | 20.79 Percentage of taxable income | 2.49 Percentage of taxable income | United States |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate, Switzerland or United States?
- United States, at 19.93 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 Switzerland and United States?
- 1.9 Percentage of taxable income, with United States ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Switzerland and United States?
- 7 years are reported by both, from 2019 to 2025.
- How do Switzerland and United States rank globally for effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate?
- Switzerland ranks 16th and United States ranks 13th 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.