Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - Corporate in Germany
Germany: Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - Corporate was 17.3 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ▼ Falling
Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - Corporate in Germany, 2019–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of taxable income.
Analysis
Germany recorded 17.3 Percentage of taxable income for effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 7 years on record.
That represents a change of down 37.2% over ten years.
Germany ranks 21st of 50 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - Corporate in Germany, year by year
| Year | Percentage of taxable income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 27.56 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2020 | 17.79 Percentage of taxable income | -35.4% |
| 2021 | 17.83 Percentage of taxable income | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 17.82 Percentage of taxable income | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 17.97 Percentage of taxable income | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 17.3 Percentage of taxable income | -3.7% |
| 2025 | 17.3 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
Germany compared with similar countries
- Germany's 17.3 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for high income countries, which is 12.71 Percentage of taxable income, 1.4× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Germany's 17.3 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 10.17 Percentage of taxable income, 1.7× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 27.56 Percentage of taxable income | 27.56 Percentage of taxable income | 27.56 Percentage of taxable income | 1 |
| 2020s | 17.67 Percentage of taxable income | 17.3 Percentage of taxable income | 17.97 Percentage of taxable income | 6 |
Countries ranked near Germany
- 18 Estonia 17.73 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 19 New Zealand 17.45 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 20 Canada 17.44 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 22 South Africa 17.15 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 23 Netherlands 16.73 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 24 Belgium 15.32 Percentage of taxable income compare
More economy & growth data for Germany
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 0.7761 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 0.6565 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 108.13 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0214 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 1,295 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 95.19 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 51.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0188 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 1,140 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 51.4 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate in Germany?
- Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate in Germany was 17.3 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 Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 27.56 Percentage of taxable income in 2019.
- What is the lowest effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.3 Percentage of taxable income in 2024.
- How does Germany rank for effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate?
- Germany ranks 21st out of 50 countries with data for 2025.
- Is effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Germany 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 — Effective average tax rate. 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.