Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average in Sweden
Sweden: Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average was 23.76 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ▲ Rising
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average in Sweden, 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 Sweden is 23.76 Percentage of taxable income, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Sweden peaked at 23.76 Percentage of taxable income in 2025 and was at its lowest, 21.79 Percentage of taxable income, in 2021.
Sweden ranks 51st of 99 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average in Sweden, year by year
| Year | Percentage of taxable income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 22.06 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2018 | 22.48 Percentage of taxable income | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 22.28 Percentage of taxable income | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 22.4 Percentage of taxable income | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 21.79 Percentage of taxable income | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 22.54 Percentage of taxable income | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 23.62 Percentage of taxable income | +4.8% |
| 2024 | 23.72 Percentage of taxable income | +0.4% |
| 2025 | 23.76 Percentage of taxable income | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 22.27 Percentage of taxable income | 22.06 Percentage of taxable income | 22.48 Percentage of taxable income | 3 |
| 2020s | 22.97 Percentage of taxable income | 21.79 Percentage of taxable income | 23.76 Percentage of taxable income | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
- 48 Costa Rica 24.22 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 49 Curaçao 23.89 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 50 Luxembourg 23.79 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 52 Argentina 23.73 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 53 Ecuador 23.48 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 54 France 23.4 Percentage of taxable income compare
More economy & growth data for Sweden
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.62 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.12 Percent per annum (2029)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 4.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 4.52 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 285,074 current LCU per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 1.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 0.4029 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 25,438 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate 11.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.7241 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Sweden?
- Effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Sweden was 23.76 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 Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 23.76 Percentage of taxable income in 2025.
- What is the lowest effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.79 Percentage of taxable income in 2021.
- How does Sweden rank for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average?
- Sweden ranks 51st out of 99 countries with data for 2025.
- Is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden 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.