Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average in El Salvador
El Salvador: Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average was 30.21 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ▲ Rising
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average in El Salvador, 2017–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of taxable income.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 30.21 Percentage of taxable income for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in 2025. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in El Salvador peaked at 30.21 Percentage of taxable income in 2025 and was at its lowest, 26.17 Percentage of taxable income, in 2019.
That places El Salvador 17th out of 99 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Percentage of taxable income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 26.27 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2018 | 26.43 Percentage of taxable income | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 26.17 Percentage of taxable income | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 26.28 Percentage of taxable income | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 27.05 Percentage of taxable income | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 28.66 Percentage of taxable income | +6.0% |
| 2023 | 29.41 Percentage of taxable income | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 29.64 Percentage of taxable income | +0.8% |
| 2025 | 30.21 Percentage of taxable income | +1.9% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 30.21 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 26.94 Percentage of taxable income, 1.1× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 30.21 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 26.4 Percentage of taxable income, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 26.29 Percentage of taxable income | 26.17 Percentage of taxable income | 26.43 Percentage of taxable income | 3 |
| 2020s | 28.54 Percentage of taxable income | 26.28 Percentage of taxable income | 30.21 Percentage of taxable income | 6 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 14 Angola 34.06 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 15 Australia 33.5 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 16 Japan 31.57 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 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
More economy & growth data for El Salvador
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate -26.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.92 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.3 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 3.74 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0058 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 33.72 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -1.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0043 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 24.62 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 34.42 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in El Salvador?
- Effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in El Salvador was 30.21 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 El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 30.21 Percentage of taxable income in 2025.
- What is the lowest effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.17 Percentage of taxable income in 2019.
- How does El Salvador rank for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average?
- El Salvador ranks 17th out of 99 countries with data for 2025.
- Is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador 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.