Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal in El Salvador
El Salvador: Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal was 43.88 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ▲ Rising
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal in El Salvador, 2017–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of taxable income.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 43.88 Percentage of taxable income for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal in 2025. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.4% on the previous year and up 40.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal in El Salvador peaked at 43.88 Percentage of taxable income in 2025 and was at its lowest, 30.82 Percentage of taxable income, in 2019.
That places El Salvador 32nd out of 99 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Percentage of taxable income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 31.22 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2018 | 31.43 Percentage of taxable income | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 30.82 Percentage of taxable income | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 31.03 Percentage of taxable income | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 32.78 Percentage of taxable income | +5.7% |
| 2022 | 37.46 Percentage of taxable income | +14.3% |
| 2023 | 40.27 Percentage of taxable income | +7.5% |
| 2024 | 41.24 Percentage of taxable income | +2.4% |
| 2025 | 43.88 Percentage of taxable income | +6.4% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 43.88 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 34.66 Percentage of taxable income, 1.3× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 43.88 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 27.92 Percentage of taxable income, 1.6× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 31.16 Percentage of taxable income | 30.82 Percentage of taxable income | 31.43 Percentage of taxable income | 3 |
| 2020s | 37.77 Percentage of taxable income | 31.03 Percentage of taxable income | 43.88 Percentage of taxable income | 6 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 29 India 45.49 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 30 Uruguay 45.34 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 31 Antigua and Barbuda 45.16 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 33 Greece 43.53 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 34 Armenia 42.55 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 35 Kenya 42.07 Percentage of taxable income compare
More economy & growth data for El Salvador
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.92 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.3 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 318.29 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0087 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 50 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 763.72 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual -27.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0208 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 119.98 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 30 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal in El Salvador?
- Effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal in El Salvador was 43.88 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 El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 43.88 Percentage of taxable income in 2025.
- What is the lowest effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.82 Percentage of taxable income in 2019.
- How does El Salvador rank for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal?
- El Salvador ranks 32nd out of 99 countries with data for 2025.
- Is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador 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.