Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average in Ireland
Ireland: Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average was 16.03 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ▲ Rising
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average in Ireland, 2017–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of taxable income.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 16.03 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 2.1% on the previous year and up 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Ireland peaked at 16.03 Percentage of taxable income in 2025 and was at its lowest, 13.96 Percentage of taxable income, in 2020.
Ireland ranks 77th of 99 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average in Ireland, year by year
| Year | Percentage of taxable income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 14.14 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2018 | 14.07 Percentage of taxable income | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 14.05 Percentage of taxable income | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 13.96 Percentage of taxable income | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 14.22 Percentage of taxable income | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 15.07 Percentage of taxable income | +6.0% |
| 2023 | 15.59 Percentage of taxable income | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 15.7 Percentage of taxable income | +0.7% |
| 2025 | 16.03 Percentage of taxable income | +2.1% |
Ireland compared with similar countries
- Ireland's 16.03 Percentage of taxable income is below the median for high income countries, which is 21.64 Percentage of taxable income, 74% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Ireland's 16.03 Percentage of taxable income is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 21.52 Percentage of taxable income, 74% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 14.09 Percentage of taxable income | 14.05 Percentage of taxable income | 14.14 Percentage of taxable income | 3 |
| 2020s | 15.09 Percentage of taxable income | 13.96 Percentage of taxable income | 16.03 Percentage of taxable income | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
- 74 Chile 17.95 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 75 Albania 17.78 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 76 Serbia 16.18 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 78 Poland 15.2 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 79 Hungary 15.04 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 80 Singapore 13.97 Percentage of taxable income compare
More economy & growth data for Ireland
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate 374.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.96 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.52 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 7.18 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0082 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 1,078 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 2.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 787.03 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 2.45 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Ireland?
- Effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Ireland was 16.03 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 Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 16.03 Percentage of taxable income in 2025.
- What is the lowest effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.96 Percentage of taxable income in 2020.
- How does Ireland rank for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average?
- Ireland ranks 77th out of 99 countries with data for 2025.
- Is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ireland 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.