Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average was 10.4 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ▲ Rising
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average in Bulgaria, 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 Bulgaria is 10.4 Percentage of taxable income, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 40.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Bulgaria peaked at 10.75 Percentage of taxable income in 2023 and was at its lowest, 7.4 Percentage of taxable income, in 2017.
Bulgaria ranks 86th of 99 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | Percentage of taxable income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7.4 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2018 | 7.75 Percentage of taxable income | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 8.37 Percentage of taxable income | +8.0% |
| 2020 | 8.69 Percentage of taxable income | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 9.2 Percentage of taxable income | +5.9% |
| 2022 | 10.38 Percentage of taxable income | +12.8% |
| 2023 | 10.75 Percentage of taxable income | +3.6% |
| 2024 | 10.46 Percentage of taxable income | -2.7% |
| 2025 | 10.4 Percentage of taxable income | -0.6% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 10.4 Percentage of taxable income is below the median for high income countries, which is 21.64 Percentage of taxable income, 48% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 10.4 Percentage of taxable income is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 21.52 Percentage of taxable income, 48% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 7.84 Percentage of taxable income | 7.4 Percentage of taxable income | 8.37 Percentage of taxable income | 3 |
| 2020s | 9.98 Percentage of taxable income | 8.69 Percentage of taxable income | 10.75 Percentage of taxable income | 6 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 83 Paraguay 11.45 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 84 Andorra 11.21 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 85 Cyprus 11.19 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 87 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.33 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 88 Liechtenstein 9.98 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 89 Macao 9.75 Percentage of taxable income compare
More economy & growth data for Bulgaria
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate -8.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.48 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.58 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0156 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 316.82 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 0.1831 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0114 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 231.34 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Bulgaria?
- Effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Bulgaria was 10.4 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 Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 10.75 Percentage of taxable income in 2023.
- What is the lowest effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.4 Percentage of taxable income in 2017.
- How does Bulgaria rank for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average?
- Bulgaria ranks 86th out of 99 countries with data for 2025.
- Is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bulgaria 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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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.