Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average in Botswana
Botswana: Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average was 61.42 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ▬ Flat
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average in Botswana, 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 Botswana stood at 61.42 Percentage of taxable income. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Botswana peaked at 62.65 Percentage of taxable income in 2017 and was at its lowest, 61.42 Percentage of taxable income, in 2025.
Botswana ranks 3rd of 99 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average in Botswana, year by year
| Year | Percentage of taxable income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 62.65 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2018 | 62.62 Percentage of taxable income | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 62.55 Percentage of taxable income | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 62.44 Percentage of taxable income | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 62.33 Percentage of taxable income | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 62.14 Percentage of taxable income | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 61.9 Percentage of taxable income | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 61.63 Percentage of taxable income | -0.4% |
| 2025 | 61.42 Percentage of taxable income | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 62.61 Percentage of taxable income | 62.55 Percentage of taxable income | 62.65 Percentage of taxable income | 3 |
| 2020s | 61.98 Percentage of taxable income | 61.42 Percentage of taxable income | 62.44 Percentage of taxable income | 6 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
- 1 Cameroon 93.61 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 1 Democratic Republic of the Congo 30.21 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 2 Viet Nam 15.57 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 2 Zambia 80.14 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 3 Türkiye 9.35 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 4 Namibia 58.81 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 5 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 48.22 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 6 Papua New Guinea 44.83 Percentage of taxable income compare
More economy & growth data for Botswana
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.52 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.98 Percent per annum (2029)
- Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate -18.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.2831 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), per capita 2,202 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- External balance on goods and services (current US$), annual growth 62.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- External balance on goods and services (current LCU), annual growth 63.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), annual 3.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), per 0.2405 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), per 1,871 current LCU per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Botswana?
- Effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Botswana was 61.42 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 Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 62.65 Percentage of taxable income in 2017.
- What is the lowest effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.42 Percentage of taxable income in 2025.
- How does Botswana rank for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average?
- Botswana ranks 3rd out of 99 countries with data for 2025.
- Is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Botswana 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.