Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average in Australia
Australia: Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average was 33.5 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ▲ Rising
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average in Australia, 2017–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of taxable income.
Analysis
In 2025, effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Australia stood at 33.5 Percentage of taxable income. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Australia peaked at 33.5 Percentage of taxable income in 2025 and was at its lowest, 30.62 Percentage of taxable income, in 2020.
Australia ranks 15th of 99 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average in Australia, year by year
| Year | Percentage of taxable income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 30.93 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2018 | 30.84 Percentage of taxable income | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 30.7 Percentage of taxable income | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 30.62 Percentage of taxable income | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 31.06 Percentage of taxable income | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 32.23 Percentage of taxable income | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 33.08 Percentage of taxable income | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 33.34 Percentage of taxable income | +0.8% |
| 2025 | 33.5 Percentage of taxable income | +0.5% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 33.5 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for high income countries, which is 21.64 Percentage of taxable income, 1.5× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Australia's 33.5 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 26.84 Percentage of taxable income, 1.2× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 30.82 Percentage of taxable income | 30.7 Percentage of taxable income | 30.93 Percentage of taxable income | 3 |
| 2020s | 32.31 Percentage of taxable income | 30.62 Percentage of taxable income | 33.5 Percentage of taxable income | 6 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 12 Senegal 34.76 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 13 Liberia 34.11 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 14 Angola 34.06 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 16 Japan 31.57 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 17 El Salvador 30.21 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 18 Malaysia 29.92 Percentage of taxable income compare
More economy & growth data for Australia
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate 96.31 % change on previous year (2025)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.36 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.26 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 15.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0083 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 537.43 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 10.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 392.43 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 2.82 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Australia?
- Effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Australia was 33.5 Percentage of taxable income in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 33.5 Percentage of taxable income in 2025.
- What is the lowest effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.62 Percentage of taxable income in 2020.
- How does Australia rank for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average?
- Australia ranks 15th out of 99 countries with data for 2025.
- Is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average tax rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This table reports synthetic tax policy indicators calculated on the basis of a prospective, hypothetical investment project. Unlike backward-looking ETRs, they do not incorporate any information about firms' actual tax payments.The OECD methodology has been described in detail in the OECD Taxation Working Paper No. 38 (Hanappi, 2018). Further methodological information is available in the explanatory annex.