Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average in Estonia
Estonia: Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average was 21.58 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ▲ Rising
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average in Estonia, 2017–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of taxable income.
Analysis
Estonia recorded 21.58 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 13.8% on the previous year and up 52.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Estonia peaked at 21.58 Percentage of taxable income in 2025 and was at its lowest, 14.17 Percentage of taxable income, in 2017.
That places Estonia 62nd out of 99 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average in Estonia, year by year
| Year | Percentage of taxable income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 14.17 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2018 | 14.3 Percentage of taxable income | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 14.66 Percentage of taxable income | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 14.55 Percentage of taxable income | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 15.29 Percentage of taxable income | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 18.17 Percentage of taxable income | +18.9% |
| 2023 | 18.9 Percentage of taxable income | +4.0% |
| 2024 | 18.96 Percentage of taxable income | +0.3% |
| 2025 | 21.58 Percentage of taxable income | +13.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 14.37 Percentage of taxable income | 14.17 Percentage of taxable income | 14.66 Percentage of taxable income | 3 |
| 2020s | 17.91 Percentage of taxable income | 14.55 Percentage of taxable income | 21.58 Percentage of taxable income | 6 |
Countries ranked near Estonia
- 59 Egypt 22.1 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 60 Saudi Arabia 21.98 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 61 Israel 21.71 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 63 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 21.52 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 64 Slovenia 21.04 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 65 Ukraine 20.64 Percentage of taxable income compare
More economy & growth data for Estonia
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps -24.28 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit -0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita -17.77 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled -838.20 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 75.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit -0.0178 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita -613.4 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 17.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0519 includes gold, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), per capita 1,785 includes gold, current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Estonia?
- Effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Estonia was 21.58 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 Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 21.58 Percentage of taxable income in 2025.
- What is the lowest effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.17 Percentage of taxable income in 2017.
- How does Estonia rank for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average?
- Estonia ranks 62nd out of 99 countries with data for 2025.
- Is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 52.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Estonia 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.