Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average was 44.83 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ▼ Falling
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average in Papua New Guinea, 2017–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of taxable income.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 44.83 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 0.3% on the previous year and down 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Papua New Guinea peaked at 48.66 Percentage of taxable income in 2018 and was at its lowest, 44.83 Percentage of taxable income, in 2025.
That places Papua New Guinea 6th out of 99 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | Percentage of taxable income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 48.58 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2018 | 48.66 Percentage of taxable income | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 48.3 Percentage of taxable income | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 47.95 Percentage of taxable income | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 47.19 Percentage of taxable income | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 46.64 Percentage of taxable income | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 45.88 Percentage of taxable income | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 44.98 Percentage of taxable income | -2.0% |
| 2025 | 44.83 Percentage of taxable income | -0.3% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 44.83 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 31.88 Percentage of taxable income, 1.4× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 44.83 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 26.84 Percentage of taxable income, 1.7× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 48.51 Percentage of taxable income | 48.3 Percentage of taxable income | 48.66 Percentage of taxable income | 3 |
| 2020s | 46.25 Percentage of taxable income | 44.83 Percentage of taxable income | 47.95 Percentage of taxable income | 6 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 3 Türkiye 9.35 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 3 Botswana 61.42 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 4 Namibia 58.81 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 5 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 48.22 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 7 Peru 43.48 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 8 Nigeria 40.56 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 9 Brazil 39.98 Percentage of taxable income compare
More economy & growth data for Papua New Guinea
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.47 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.11 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 769.57 million BoP, current US$ (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.025 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 72.76 BoP, current US$ per person (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled -198.32 million BoP, current US$ (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual -557.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit -0.0064 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita -18.75 BoP, current US$ per person (2024)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate -4.93 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Papua New Guinea?
- Effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Papua New Guinea was 44.83 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 Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 48.66 Percentage of taxable income in 2018.
- What is the lowest effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.83 Percentage of taxable income in 2025.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 6th out of 99 countries with data for 2025.
- Is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.