Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal in Australia
Australia: Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal was 65.83 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ▲ Rising
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal in Australia, 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 marginal in Australia is 65.83 Percentage of taxable income, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and up 39.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal in Australia peaked at 66.98 Percentage of taxable income in 2024 and was at its lowest, 46.11 Percentage of taxable income, in 2020.
Australia ranks 18th of 99 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal in Australia, year by year
| Year | Percentage of taxable income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 47.23 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2018 | 46.9 Percentage of taxable income | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 46.34 Percentage of taxable income | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 46.11 Percentage of taxable income | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 48.92 Percentage of taxable income | +6.1% |
| 2022 | 58.01 Percentage of taxable income | +18.6% |
| 2023 | 66.34 Percentage of taxable income | +14.3% |
| 2024 | 66.98 Percentage of taxable income | +1.0% |
| 2025 | 65.83 Percentage of taxable income | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 46.82 Percentage of taxable income | 46.34 Percentage of taxable income | 47.23 Percentage of taxable income | 3 |
| 2020s | 58.7 Percentage of taxable income | 46.11 Percentage of taxable income | 66.98 Percentage of taxable income | 6 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 15 Austria 71.66 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 16 Belgium 70.42 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 17 Liberia 66.4 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 19 Azerbaijan 63.92 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 20 Senegal 62.73 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 21 Sweden 61.04 Percentage of taxable income compare
More economy & growth data for Australia
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.36 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.26 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps -4.55 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit -0.0025 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita -164.69 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 36.52 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual -32.02 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0203 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 1,323 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 20.24 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal in Australia?
- Effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal in Australia was 65.83 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 marginal recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 66.98 Percentage of taxable income in 2024.
- What is the lowest effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 46.11 Percentage of taxable income in 2020.
- How does Australia rank for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal?
- Australia ranks 18th out of 99 countries with data for 2025.
- Is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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 marginal 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.