Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average was 21.98 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ▬ Flat
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average in Saudi Arabia, 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 Saudi Arabia is 21.98 Percentage of taxable income, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 1.1% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Saudi Arabia peaked at 22.23 Percentage of taxable income in 2024 and was at its lowest, 21 Percentage of taxable income, in 2019.
Saudi Arabia ranks 60th of 99 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | Percentage of taxable income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 21.69 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2018 | 21.52 Percentage of taxable income | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 21 Percentage of taxable income | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 21.36 Percentage of taxable income | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 21.52 Percentage of taxable income | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 21.86 Percentage of taxable income | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 21.83 Percentage of taxable income | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 22.23 Percentage of taxable income | +1.9% |
| 2025 | 21.98 Percentage of taxable income | -1.1% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 21.98 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for high income countries, which is 21.64 Percentage of taxable income, 1.0× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 21.98 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 21.85 Percentage of taxable income, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 21.41 Percentage of taxable income | 21 Percentage of taxable income | 21.69 Percentage of taxable income | 3 |
| 2020s | 21.8 Percentage of taxable income | 21.36 Percentage of taxable income | 22.23 Percentage of taxable income | 6 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 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
- 61 Israel 21.71 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 62 Estonia 21.58 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 63 United Kingdom 21.52 Percentage of taxable income compare
More economy & growth data for Saudi Arabia
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate 69.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.26 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.52 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 4.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0168 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 580.45 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -0.3713 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0123 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 423.84 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 4.52 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Saudi Arabia?
- Effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Saudi Arabia was 21.98 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 Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 22.23 Percentage of taxable income in 2024.
- What is the lowest effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 21 Percentage of taxable income in 2019.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 60th out of 99 countries with data for 2025.
- Is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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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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.