Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average in Italy
Italy: Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average was 27.09 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average in Italy, 2017–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of taxable income.
Analysis
Italy recorded 27.09 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 19.4% on the previous year and up 44.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Italy peaked at 27.09 Percentage of taxable income in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.201 Percentage of taxable income, in 2021.
That places Italy 33rd 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 Italy, year by year
| Year | Percentage of taxable income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 18.76 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2018 | 19.07 Percentage of taxable income | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 19.45 Percentage of taxable income | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 18.3 Percentage of taxable income | -5.9% |
| 2021 | 0.201 Percentage of taxable income | -98.9% |
| 2022 | 0.786 Percentage of taxable income | +291.0% |
| 2023 | 20.44 Percentage of taxable income | +2500.4% |
| 2024 | 22.7 Percentage of taxable income | +11.1% |
| 2025 | 27.09 Percentage of taxable income | +19.4% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 27.09 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for high income countries, which is 21.64 Percentage of taxable income, 1.3× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Italy's 27.09 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 21.52 Percentage of taxable income, 1.3× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 19.09 Percentage of taxable income | 18.76 Percentage of taxable income | 19.45 Percentage of taxable income | 3 |
| 2020s | 14.92 Percentage of taxable income | 0.201 Percentage of taxable income | 27.09 Percentage of taxable income | 6 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 30 Antigua and Barbuda 27.48 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 31 Finland 27.2 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 32 Czechia 27.11 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 34 Guatemala 26.95 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 35 Armenia 26.94 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 36 Austria 26.61 Percentage of taxable income compare
More economy & growth data for Italy
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate -31.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.18 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 0.8337 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 4.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0116 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 502.25 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -0.3992 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0085 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 366.74 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 2.39 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Italy?
- Effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Italy was 27.09 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 Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 27.09 Percentage of taxable income in 2025.
- What is the lowest effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.201 Percentage of taxable income in 2021.
- How does Italy rank for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average?
- Italy ranks 33rd out of 99 countries with data for 2025.
- Is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Italy 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.