Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - Corporate in Belgium
Belgium: Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - Corporate was -7.5 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ▼ Falling
Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - Corporate in Belgium, 2019–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of taxable income.
Analysis
In 2025, effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate in Belgium stood at -7.5 Percentage of taxable income.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 6.5% over ten years.
Belgium ranks 26th of 50 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - Corporate in Belgium, year by year
| Year | Percentage of taxable income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | -7.04 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2020 | -7.43 Percentage of taxable income | +5.5% |
| 2021 | -7.29 Percentage of taxable income | -1.9% |
| 2022 | -7.51 Percentage of taxable income | +3.0% |
| 2023 | -7.6 Percentage of taxable income | +1.2% |
| 2024 | -7.54 Percentage of taxable income | -0.8% |
| 2025 | -7.5 Percentage of taxable income | -0.5% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's -7.5 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for high income countries, which is -7.82 Percentage of taxable income, 96% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Belgium's -7.5 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is -8.4 Percentage of taxable income, 89% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | -7.04 Percentage of taxable income | -7.04 Percentage of taxable income | -7.04 Percentage of taxable income | 1 |
| 2020s | -7.48 Percentage of taxable income | -7.6 Percentage of taxable income | -7.29 Percentage of taxable income | 6 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 23 Canada -6.33 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 24 Netherlands -7.12 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 25 South Africa -7.29 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 27 Japan -8.14 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 28 Austria -8.4 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 29 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland -8.44 Percentage of taxable income compare
More economy & growth data for Belgium
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.04 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 1.25 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps -19.31 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit -0.0266 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita -1,617 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled -28.79 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 30.39 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit -0.0397 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita -2,411 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 33.22 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate in Belgium?
- Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate in Belgium was -7.5 Percentage of taxable income in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was -7.04 Percentage of taxable income in 2019.
- What is the lowest effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was -7.6 Percentage of taxable income in 2023.
- How does Belgium rank for effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate?
- Belgium ranks 26th out of 50 countries with data for 2025.
- Is effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - Corporate tax statistics — Implicit subsidy (EATR). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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This table reports synthetic tax policy indicators that capture the effect of expenditure-based R&D tax incentives on firms’ investment costs: The EATR for R&D measures the impact of taxation on R&D investments that earn an economic profit. the user cost of capital for R&D measures the return that a firm needs to realise on an R&D investment before tax to offset all costs and taxes that arise from the investment, making zero economic profit. Further methodological information is available in the explanatory annex.