Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics Effective … marginal in Sweden
Sweden: Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics Effective … marginal was 61.04 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ▲ Rising
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal in Sweden, 2017–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of taxable income.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 61.04 Percentage of taxable income for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal in 2025.
That represents a change of down 7.9% on the previous year and up 114.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal in Sweden peaked at 69.66 Percentage of taxable income in 2023 and was at its lowest, 28.46 Percentage of taxable income, in 2017.
That places Sweden 21st out of 99 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics Effective … marginal in Sweden, year by year
| Year | Percentage of taxable income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 28.46 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2018 | 30.71 Percentage of taxable income | +7.9% |
| 2019 | 32.52 Percentage of taxable income | +5.9% |
| 2020 | 33.64 Percentage of taxable income | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 34.01 Percentage of taxable income | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 44.58 Percentage of taxable income | +31.1% |
| 2023 | 69.66 Percentage of taxable income | +56.3% |
| 2024 | 66.27 Percentage of taxable income | -4.9% |
| 2025 | 61.04 Percentage of taxable income | -7.9% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 61.04 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for high income countries, which is 20.11 Percentage of taxable income, 3.0× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 61.04 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 26.05 Percentage of taxable income, 2.3× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 30.56 Percentage of taxable income | 28.46 Percentage of taxable income | 32.52 Percentage of taxable income | 3 |
| 2020s | 51.53 Percentage of taxable income | 33.64 Percentage of taxable income | 69.66 Percentage of taxable income | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
- 18 Australia 65.83 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 19 Azerbaijan 63.92 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 20 Senegal 62.73 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 22 Malaysia 58.19 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 23 Japan 56.83 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 24 Denmark 56.49 Percentage of taxable income compare
More economy & growth data for Sweden
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate 599.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.62 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 7.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0143 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 903.41 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 1.9 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0104 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 659.66 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 4.7 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal in Sweden?
- Effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal in Sweden was 61.04 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 marginal recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 69.66 Percentage of taxable income in 2023.
- What is the lowest effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.46 Percentage of taxable income in 2017.
- How does Sweden rank for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal?
- Sweden ranks 21st out of 99 countries with data for 2025.
- Is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 114.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden 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.