Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average in United States
United States: Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average was 18.04 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ▼ Falling
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average in United States, 2017–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of taxable income.
Analysis
United States recorded 18.04 Percentage of taxable income for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.2% on the previous year and down 41.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in United States peaked at 30.64 Percentage of taxable income in 2017 and was at its lowest, 15.86 Percentage of taxable income, in 2018.
United States ranks 73rd of 99 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … Effective average in United States, year by year
| Year | Percentage of taxable income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 30.64 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2018 | 15.86 Percentage of taxable income | -48.2% |
| 2019 | 16.07 Percentage of taxable income | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 16.68 Percentage of taxable income | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 17.66 Percentage of taxable income | +5.9% |
| 2022 | 18.96 Percentage of taxable income | +7.4% |
| 2023 | 20.69 Percentage of taxable income | +9.1% |
| 2024 | 22.05 Percentage of taxable income | +6.6% |
| 2025 | 18.04 Percentage of taxable income | -18.2% |
United States compared with similar countries
- United States's 18.04 Percentage of taxable income is below the median for high income countries, which is 21.64 Percentage of taxable income, 83% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 20.86 Percentage of taxable income | 15.86 Percentage of taxable income | 30.64 Percentage of taxable income | 3 |
| 2020s | 19.01 Percentage of taxable income | 16.68 Percentage of taxable income | 22.05 Percentage of taxable income | 6 |
Countries ranked near United States
- 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
- 74 Chile 17.95 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 75 Albania 17.78 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 76 Serbia 16.18 Percentage of taxable income compare
More economy & growth data for United States
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate -24.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.63 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 4.26 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0057 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 509.07 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -0.7205 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0041 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 371.72 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 0.9623 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in United States?
- Effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in United States was 18.04 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 United States?
- The highest recorded value was 30.64 Percentage of taxable income in 2017.
- What is the lowest effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.86 Percentage of taxable income in 2018.
- How does United States rank for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average?
- United States ranks 73rd out of 99 countries with data for 2025.
- Is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average rising or falling in United States?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States 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.