Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average in Qatar
Qatar: Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average was 8.98 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ▬ Flat
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average in Qatar, 2017–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of taxable income.
Analysis
In 2025, effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Qatar stood at 8.98 Percentage of taxable income.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Qatar peaked at 9.19 Percentage of taxable income in 2017 and was at its lowest, 8.12 Percentage of taxable income, in 2021.
That places Qatar 91st out of 99 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average in Qatar, year by year
| Year | Percentage of taxable income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 9.19 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2018 | 8.93 Percentage of taxable income | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 8.46 Percentage of taxable income | -5.3% |
| 2020 | 8.21 Percentage of taxable income | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 8.12 Percentage of taxable income | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 8.45 Percentage of taxable income | +4.1% |
| 2023 | 8.65 Percentage of taxable income | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 8.76 Percentage of taxable income | +1.2% |
| 2025 | 8.98 Percentage of taxable income | +2.5% |
Qatar compared with similar countries
- Qatar's 8.98 Percentage of taxable income is below the median for high income countries, which is 21.64 Percentage of taxable income, 42% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Qatar's 8.98 Percentage of taxable income is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 21.85 Percentage of taxable income, 41% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 8.86 Percentage of taxable income | 8.46 Percentage of taxable income | 9.19 Percentage of taxable income | 3 |
| 2020s | 8.53 Percentage of taxable income | 8.12 Percentage of taxable income | 8.98 Percentage of taxable income | 6 |
Countries ranked near Qatar
- 88 Liechtenstein 9.98 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 89 Macao 9.75 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 90 Hong Kong 9.75 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 92 Bahamas 0 Percentage of taxable income
- 92 Guernsey 0 Percentage of taxable income
- 92 British Virgin Islands 0 Percentage of taxable income
- 92 Cayman Islands 0 Percentage of taxable income
- 92 Isle of Man 0 Percentage of taxable income
- 92 Jersey 0 Percentage of taxable income
- 92 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 Percentage of taxable income
More economy & growth data for Qatar
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate -63.2 % change on previous year (2023)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 0.9074 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 1.61 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0063 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 456.7 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 0.6747 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0046 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 333.48 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 3.86 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Qatar?
- Effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Qatar was 8.98 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 Qatar?
- The highest recorded value was 9.19 Percentage of taxable income in 2017.
- What is the lowest effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average recorded in Qatar?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.12 Percentage of taxable income in 2021.
- How does Qatar rank for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average?
- Qatar ranks 91st out of 99 countries with data for 2025.
- Is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average rising or falling in Qatar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Qatar 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.