Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal in India
India: Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal was 45.49 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ▼ Falling
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal in India, 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 India is 45.49 Percentage of taxable income, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 5.6% on the previous year and down 62.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal in India peaked at 121.5 Percentage of taxable income in 2017 and was at its lowest, 41.21 Percentage of taxable income, in 2020.
India ranks 29th of 99 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal in India, year by year
| Year | Percentage of taxable income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 121.5 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2018 | 111.08 Percentage of taxable income | -8.6% |
| 2019 | 80.24 Percentage of taxable income | -27.8% |
| 2020 | 41.21 Percentage of taxable income | -48.6% |
| 2021 | 42.55 Percentage of taxable income | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 45.67 Percentage of taxable income | +7.3% |
| 2023 | 48.36 Percentage of taxable income | +5.9% |
| 2024 | 48.17 Percentage of taxable income | -0.4% |
| 2025 | 45.49 Percentage of taxable income | -5.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 104.27 Percentage of taxable income | 80.24 Percentage of taxable income | 121.5 Percentage of taxable income | 3 |
| 2020s | 45.24 Percentage of taxable income | 41.21 Percentage of taxable income | 48.36 Percentage of taxable income | 6 |
Countries ranked near India
- 26 Hungary 48.53 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 27 Saudi Arabia 48.06 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 28 Indonesia 46.15 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
- 32 El Salvador 43.88 Percentage of taxable income compare
More economy & growth data for India
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 5.66 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 6.5 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 35.69 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 24.38 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 39.10 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 44.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0099 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 26.71 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 8.87 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal in India?
- Effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal in India was 45.49 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 121.5 Percentage of taxable income in 2017.
- What is the lowest effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.21 Percentage of taxable income in 2020.
- How does India rank for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal?
- India ranks 29th out of 99 countries with data for 2025.
- Is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this India 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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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.