Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average in Netherlands
Netherlands: Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average was 23.31 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ▬ Flat
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average in Netherlands, 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 Netherlands is 23.31 Percentage of taxable income, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Netherlands peaked at 23.86 Percentage of taxable income in 2018 and was at its lowest, 23.31 Percentage of taxable income, in 2025.
That places Netherlands 56th 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 Netherlands, year by year
| Year | Percentage of taxable income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 23.76 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2018 | 23.86 Percentage of taxable income | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 23.78 Percentage of taxable income | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 23.77 Percentage of taxable income | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 23.64 Percentage of taxable income | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 23.83 Percentage of taxable income | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 23.62 Percentage of taxable income | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 23.51 Percentage of taxable income | -0.5% |
| 2025 | 23.31 Percentage of taxable income | -0.8% |
Netherlands compared with similar countries
- Netherlands's 23.31 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for high income countries, which is 21.64 Percentage of taxable income, 1.1× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Netherlands's 23.31 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 21.52 Percentage of taxable income, 1.1× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 23.8 Percentage of taxable income | 23.76 Percentage of taxable income | 23.86 Percentage of taxable income | 3 |
| 2020s | 23.61 Percentage of taxable income | 23.31 Percentage of taxable income | 23.83 Percentage of taxable income | 6 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
- 53 Ecuador 23.48 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 54 France 23.4 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 55 Canada 23.39 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 57 South Africa 23.05 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 58 Seychelles 22.22 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 59 Egypt 22.1 Percentage of taxable income compare
More economy & growth data for Netherlands
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate 71.85 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.44 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0141 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 1,040 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 0.4115 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0103 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 759.51 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0066 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per capita 487.58 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Netherlands?
- Effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Netherlands was 23.31 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 Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 23.86 Percentage of taxable income in 2018.
- What is the lowest effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.31 Percentage of taxable income in 2025.
- How does Netherlands rank for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average?
- Netherlands ranks 56th out of 99 countries with data for 2025.
- Is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Netherlands 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.