Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average in Benin
Benin: Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average was 29.09 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ▲ Rising
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average in Benin, 2017–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of taxable income.
Analysis
Benin recorded 29.09 Percentage of taxable income for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in 2025.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Benin peaked at 29.32 Percentage of taxable income in 2024 and was at its lowest, 27.12 Percentage of taxable income, in 2019.
Benin ranks 21st of 99 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average in Benin, year by year
| Year | Percentage of taxable income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 27.26 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2018 | 27.3 Percentage of taxable income | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 27.12 Percentage of taxable income | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 27.98 Percentage of taxable income | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 28.5 Percentage of taxable income | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 28.36 Percentage of taxable income | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 28.8 Percentage of taxable income | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 29.32 Percentage of taxable income | +1.8% |
| 2025 | 29.09 Percentage of taxable income | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 27.23 Percentage of taxable income | 27.12 Percentage of taxable income | 27.3 Percentage of taxable income | 3 |
| 2020s | 28.67 Percentage of taxable income | 27.98 Percentage of taxable income | 29.32 Percentage of taxable income | 6 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 18 Malaysia 29.92 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 19 Kenya 29.7 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 20 Mexico 29.11 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 22 Colombia 28.9 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 23 Eswatini 28.8 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 24 Belgium 28.72 Percentage of taxable income compare
More economy & growth data for Benin
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.42 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 6.03 Percent per annum (2029)
- Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per capita 1,031 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate 14.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP 1.03 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), per capita 1,708 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), annual growth rate 9.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per unit of GDP 599.46 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per capita 994,060 current LCU per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 8.21 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Benin?
- Effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Benin was 29.09 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 Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 29.32 Percentage of taxable income in 2024.
- What is the lowest effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.12 Percentage of taxable income in 2019.
- How does Benin rank for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average?
- Benin ranks 21st out of 99 countries with data for 2025.
- Is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin 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.