Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics Effective … marginal in Japan
Japan: Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics Effective … marginal was 56.83 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ▲ Rising
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal in Japan, 2017–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of taxable income.
Analysis
Japan recorded 56.83 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.
That represents a change of up 11.2% on the previous year and up 31.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal in Japan peaked at 56.83 Percentage of taxable income in 2025 and was at its lowest, 39.26 Percentage of taxable income, in 2020.
Japan ranks 23rd of 99 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics Effective … marginal in Japan, year by year
| Year | Percentage of taxable income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 43.27 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2018 | 44.23 Percentage of taxable income | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 40.45 Percentage of taxable income | -8.5% |
| 2020 | 39.26 Percentage of taxable income | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 39.49 Percentage of taxable income | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 42.75 Percentage of taxable income | +8.3% |
| 2023 | 46.72 Percentage of taxable income | +9.3% |
| 2024 | 51.11 Percentage of taxable income | +9.4% |
| 2025 | 56.83 Percentage of taxable income | +11.2% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 56.83 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for high income countries, which is 20.11 Percentage of taxable income, 2.8× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Japan's 56.83 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 34.64 Percentage of taxable income, 1.6× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 42.65 Percentage of taxable income | 40.45 Percentage of taxable income | 44.23 Percentage of taxable income | 3 |
| 2020s | 46.03 Percentage of taxable income | 39.26 Percentage of taxable income | 56.83 Percentage of taxable income | 6 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 20 Senegal 62.73 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 21 Sweden 61.04 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 22 Malaysia 58.19 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 24 Denmark 56.49 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 25 Norway 48.82 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 26 Hungary 48.53 Percentage of taxable income compare
More economy & growth data for Japan
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate 592.98 % change on previous year (2025)
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- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 6.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0137 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 493.16 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 1.29 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.01 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 360.1 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 3.17 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal in Japan?
- Effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal in Japan was 56.83 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 Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 56.83 Percentage of taxable income in 2025.
- What is the lowest effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.26 Percentage of taxable income in 2020.
- How does Japan rank for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal?
- Japan ranks 23rd out of 99 countries with data for 2025.
- Is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan 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.