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% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 23.76 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)
- Sweden's 23.76 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 | 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
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate 599.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 7.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0143 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 903.41 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 1.9 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0104 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 659.66 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 4.7 % change on previous year (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.