Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average in Brazil
Brazil: Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average was 39.98 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ▬ Flat
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average in Brazil, 2017–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of taxable income.
Analysis
The most recent figure for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Brazil is 39.98 Percentage of taxable income, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and down 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Brazil peaked at 40.58 Percentage of taxable income in 2017 and was at its lowest, 37.67 Percentage of taxable income, in 2020.
That places Brazil 9th out of 99 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average in Brazil, year by year
| Year | Percentage of taxable income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 40.58 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2018 | 39.83 Percentage of taxable income | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 39.09 Percentage of taxable income | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 37.67 Percentage of taxable income | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 37.72 Percentage of taxable income | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 39.26 Percentage of taxable income | +4.1% |
| 2023 | 39.48 Percentage of taxable income | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 39.6 Percentage of taxable income | +0.3% |
| 2025 | 39.98 Percentage of taxable income | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 39.83 Percentage of taxable income | 39.09 Percentage of taxable income | 40.58 Percentage of taxable income | 3 |
| 2020s | 38.95 Percentage of taxable income | 37.67 Percentage of taxable income | 39.98 Percentage of taxable income | 6 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 6 Papua New Guinea 44.83 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 7 Peru 43.48 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 8 Nigeria 40.56 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 10 Azerbaijan 36.53 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 11 Jamaica 35.9 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 12 Senegal 34.76 Percentage of taxable income compare
More economy & growth data for Brazil
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.56 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2 Percent per annum (2029)
- Total reserves minus gold (current US$), annual growth rate 4.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves minus gold (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1466 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Total reserves minus gold (current US$), per capita 1,571 current US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) 6.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 0.1913 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 2,050 current US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 10.24 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU), per 1.07 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Brazil?
- Effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Brazil was 39.98 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 Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 40.58 Percentage of taxable income in 2017.
- What is the lowest effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.67 Percentage of taxable income in 2020.
- How does Brazil rank for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average?
- Brazil ranks 9th out of 99 countries with data for 2025.
- Is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Brazil 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.