Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average in Malaysia
Malaysia: Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average was 29.92 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ▬ Flat
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average in Malaysia, 2017–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of taxable income.
Analysis
The most recent figure for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Malaysia is 29.92 Percentage of taxable income, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Malaysia peaked at 30.07 Percentage of taxable income in 2017 and was at its lowest, 28.71 Percentage of taxable income, in 2022.
That places Malaysia 18th out of 99 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | Percentage of taxable income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 30.07 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2018 | 29.87 Percentage of taxable income | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 29.41 Percentage of taxable income | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 28.75 Percentage of taxable income | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 28.79 Percentage of taxable income | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 28.71 Percentage of taxable income | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 28.99 Percentage of taxable income | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 29.22 Percentage of taxable income | +0.8% |
| 2025 | 29.92 Percentage of taxable income | +2.4% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 29.92 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 26.94 Percentage of taxable income, 1.1× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 29.92 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 26.84 Percentage of taxable income, 1.1× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 29.78 Percentage of taxable income | 29.41 Percentage of taxable income | 30.07 Percentage of taxable income | 3 |
| 2020s | 29.06 Percentage of taxable income | 28.71 Percentage of taxable income | 29.92 Percentage of taxable income | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 15 Australia 33.5 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 16 Japan 31.57 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 17 El Salvador 30.21 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 19 Kenya 29.7 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 20 Mexico 29.11 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 21 Benin 29.09 Percentage of taxable income compare
More economy & growth data for Malaysia
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate 1.29 % change on previous year (2025)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.04 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.97 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0126 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 165.93 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 0.291 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0092 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 121.16 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 4.7 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Malaysia?
- Effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Malaysia was 29.92 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 Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 30.07 Percentage of taxable income in 2017.
- What is the lowest effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.71 Percentage of taxable income in 2022.
- How does Malaysia rank for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average?
- Malaysia ranks 18th out of 99 countries with data for 2025.
- Is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Malaysia 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.