Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average in Switzerland
Switzerland: Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average was 19 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ▬ Flat
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average in Switzerland, 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 Switzerland stood at 19 Percentage of taxable income.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Switzerland peaked at 19.57 Percentage of taxable income in 2020 and was at its lowest, 18.41 Percentage of taxable income, in 2021.
Switzerland ranks 69th of 99 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | Percentage of taxable income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 19 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2018 | 19.3 Percentage of taxable income | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 19.45 Percentage of taxable income | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 19.57 Percentage of taxable income | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 18.41 Percentage of taxable income | -5.9% |
| 2022 | 18.72 Percentage of taxable income | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 18.87 Percentage of taxable income | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 18.88 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 19 Percentage of taxable income | +0.7% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 19 Percentage of taxable income is below the median for high income countries, which is 21.64 Percentage of taxable income, 88% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 19 Percentage of taxable income is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 21.52 Percentage of taxable income, 88% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 19.25 Percentage of taxable income | 19 Percentage of taxable income | 19.45 Percentage of taxable income | 3 |
| 2020s | 18.91 Percentage of taxable income | 18.41 Percentage of taxable income | 19.57 Percentage of taxable income | 6 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
- 66 Panama 20.25 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 67 Tunisia 20.11 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 68 Latvia 19.09 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 70 Lithuania 18.38 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 71 Thailand 18.11 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 72 Croatia 18.04 Percentage of taxable income compare
More economy & growth data for Switzerland
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate -8.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 0.6894 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 1.2 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0124 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 1,418 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 0.5961 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.009 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 1,035 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 3.31 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Switzerland?
- Effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Switzerland was 19 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 19.57 Percentage of taxable income in 2020.
- What is the lowest effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.41 Percentage of taxable income in 2021.
- How does Switzerland rank for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average?
- Switzerland ranks 69th out of 99 countries with data for 2025.
- Is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.