Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average in Kenya
Kenya: Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average was 29.7 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ▼ Falling
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average in Kenya, 2017–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of taxable income.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 29.7 Percentage of taxable income for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.9% on the previous year and down 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Kenya peaked at 37.38 Percentage of taxable income in 2021 and was at its lowest, 29.7 Percentage of taxable income, in 2025.
Kenya ranks 19th of 99 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average in Kenya, year by year
| Year | Percentage of taxable income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 34.38 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2018 | 34.25 Percentage of taxable income | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 34.07 Percentage of taxable income | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 31.12 Percentage of taxable income | -8.7% |
| 2021 | 37.38 Percentage of taxable income | +20.1% |
| 2022 | 31.01 Percentage of taxable income | -17.0% |
| 2023 | 31.42 Percentage of taxable income | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 30.58 Percentage of taxable income | -2.7% |
| 2025 | 29.7 Percentage of taxable income | -2.9% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 29.7 Percentage of taxable income is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 31.88 Percentage of taxable income, 93% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 29.7 Percentage of taxable income is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 34.08 Percentage of taxable income, 87% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 34.23 Percentage of taxable income | 34.07 Percentage of taxable income | 34.38 Percentage of taxable income | 3 |
| 2020s | 31.87 Percentage of taxable income | 29.7 Percentage of taxable income | 37.38 Percentage of taxable income | 6 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 16 Japan 31.57 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 17 El Salvador 30.21 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 18 Malaysia 29.92 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 20 Mexico 29.11 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 21 Benin 29.09 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 22 Colombia 28.9 Percentage of taxable income compare
More economy & growth data for Kenya
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate -17.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.28 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 5.26 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate -59.19 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 2.42 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -61.14 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 1.77 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 3.56 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Kenya?
- Effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Kenya was 29.7 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 Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 37.38 Percentage of taxable income in 2021.
- What is the lowest effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.7 Percentage of taxable income in 2025.
- How does Kenya rank for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average?
- Kenya ranks 19th out of 99 countries with data for 2025.
- Is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kenya 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.