Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average in India
India: Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average was 28.05 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ▼ Falling
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average in India, 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 India stood at 28.05 Percentage of taxable income.
The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 47.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in India peaked at 53.37 Percentage of taxable income in 2017 and was at its lowest, 27.27 Percentage of taxable income, in 2020.
India ranks 28th of 99 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average in India, year by year
| Year | Percentage of taxable income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 53.37 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2018 | 51.97 Percentage of taxable income | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 43.4 Percentage of taxable income | -16.5% |
| 2020 | 27.27 Percentage of taxable income | -37.2% |
| 2021 | 27.51 Percentage of taxable income | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 28.09 Percentage of taxable income | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 28.49 Percentage of taxable income | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 28.46 Percentage of taxable income | -0.1% |
| 2025 | 28.05 Percentage of taxable income | -1.4% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 28.05 Percentage of taxable income is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 31.88 Percentage of taxable income, 88% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 49.58 Percentage of taxable income | 43.4 Percentage of taxable income | 53.37 Percentage of taxable income | 3 |
| 2020s | 27.98 Percentage of taxable income | 27.27 Percentage of taxable income | 28.49 Percentage of taxable income | 6 |
Countries ranked near India
- 25 Uruguay 28.37 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 26 Portugal 28.28 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 27 Indonesia 28.18 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 29 Dominican Republic 27.82 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 30 Antigua and Barbuda 27.48 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 31 Finland 27.2 Percentage of taxable income compare
More economy & growth data for India
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate 7.31 % change on previous year (2025)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 5.66 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 6.5 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.07 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0047 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 12.83 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 0.0511 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0035 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 9.37 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 2.33 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in India?
- Effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in India was 28.05 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 53.37 Percentage of taxable income in 2017.
- What is the lowest effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.27 Percentage of taxable income in 2020.
- How does India rank for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average?
- India ranks 28th out of 99 countries with data for 2025.
- Is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this India 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.