Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average in Japan
Japan: Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average was 31.57 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ▬ Flat
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average in Japan, 2017–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of taxable income.
Analysis
Japan recorded 31.57 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.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Japan peaked at 31.57 Percentage of taxable income in 2025 and was at its lowest, 29.24 Percentage of taxable income, in 2020.
That places Japan 16th out of 99 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average in Japan, year by year
| Year | Percentage of taxable income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 30.05 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2018 | 30.02 Percentage of taxable income | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 29.44 Percentage of taxable income | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 29.24 Percentage of taxable income | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 29.28 Percentage of taxable income | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 29.8 Percentage of taxable income | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 30.37 Percentage of taxable income | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 30.92 Percentage of taxable income | +1.8% |
| 2025 | 31.57 Percentage of taxable income | +2.1% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 31.57 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for high income countries, which is 21.64 Percentage of taxable income, 1.5× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Japan's 31.57 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 26.84 Percentage of taxable income, 1.2× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 29.84 Percentage of taxable income | 29.44 Percentage of taxable income | 30.05 Percentage of taxable income | 3 |
| 2020s | 30.2 Percentage of taxable income | 29.24 Percentage of taxable income | 31.57 Percentage of taxable income | 6 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 13 Liberia 34.11 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 14 Angola 34.06 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 15 Australia 33.5 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 17 El Salvador 30.21 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 18 Malaysia 29.92 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 19 Kenya 29.7 Percentage of taxable income compare
More economy & growth data for Japan
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate 592.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.03 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 0.4463 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 6.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0137 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 493.16 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 1.29 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.01 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 360.1 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 3.17 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Japan?
- Effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Japan was 31.57 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 Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 31.57 Percentage of taxable income in 2025.
- What is the lowest effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.24 Percentage of taxable income in 2020.
- How does Japan rank for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average?
- Japan ranks 16th out of 99 countries with data for 2025.
- Is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Japan 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.