South Africa vs United Kingdom: Effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - Corporate tax
Effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - Corporate tax over time
- South Africa
- United Kingdom
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 23.57 Percentage of taxable income against 20.95 Percentage of taxable income in United Kingdom, a difference of 2.62 Percentage of taxable income.
That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 times United Kingdom's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 13 shared years of data; in 2000 it was United Kingdom ahead.
South Africa ranks 19th and United Kingdom ranks 22nd of 41 countries.
Across the 2 decades both report, South Africa averaged higher in 1 and United Kingdom in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South Africa | United Kingdom | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 25.57 Percentage of taxable income | 25.83 Percentage of taxable income | 0.261 Percentage of taxable income | United Kingdom |
| 2010s | 24.44 Percentage of taxable income | 22.69 Percentage of taxable income | 1.75 Percentage of taxable income | South Africa |
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, South Africa or United Kingdom?
- South Africa, at 23.57 Percentage of taxable income against 20.95 Percentage of taxable income in United Kingdom as of 2025.
- What is the difference in effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax between South Africa and United Kingdom?
- 2.62 Percentage of taxable income, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and United Kingdom?
- 13 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2012.
- How do South Africa and United Kingdom rank globally for effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax?
- South Africa ranks 19th and United Kingdom ranks 22nd 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.