Colombia vs Zurich: Effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - Corporate tax
Effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - Corporate tax over time
- Colombia
- Zurich
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 30.55 Percentage of taxable income against 18.46 Percentage of taxable income in Zurich, a difference of 12.09 Percentage of taxable income.
That makes Colombia's figure about 1.7 times Zurich's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Colombia has been ahead every year.
Colombia ranks 4th and Zurich ranks 4th of 41 countries.
Colombia has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Zurich | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 30.55 Percentage of taxable income | 21.54 Percentage of taxable income | 9.01 Percentage of taxable income | Colombia |
| 2010s | 30.55 Percentage of taxable income | 18.46 Percentage of taxable income | 12.09 Percentage of taxable income | Colombia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax, Colombia or Zurich?
- Colombia, at 30.55 Percentage of taxable income against 18.46 Percentage of taxable income in Zurich as of 2025.
- What is the difference in effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax between Colombia and Zurich?
- 12.09 Percentage of taxable income, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Zurich?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2019.
- How do Colombia and Zurich rank globally for effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax?
- Colombia ranks 4th and Zurich ranks 4th of 41 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Effective tax rates for income 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 income-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.