Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - Corporate in New Zealand

New Zealand: Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - Corporate was 17.45 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ▬ Flat

Latest (2025)
17.45 Percentage of taxable income
Change on year
down 1.7%
World rank
19th
of 50 countries
All-time high
17.76 Percentage of taxable income
in 2019
All-time low
17.33 Percentage of taxable income
in 2020
Years of data
7
2019–2025

Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - Corporate in New Zealand, 2019–2025

051015202019202220252019: 17.8 Percentage of taxable income2020: 17.3 Percentage of taxable income2021: 17.3 Percentage of taxable income2022: 17.3 Percentage of taxable income2023: 17.3 Percentage of taxable income2024: 17.8 Percentage of taxable income2025: 17.4 Percentage of taxable income

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of taxable income.

Analysis

The most recent figure for effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate in New Zealand is 17.45 Percentage of taxable income, measured in 2025.

That represents a change of down 1.7% on the previous year and down 1.7% over ten years.

New Zealand ranks 19th of 50 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - Corporate in New Zealand, year by year

Annual values for Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average tax rate in New Zealand, 2019 to 2025.
Year Percentage of taxable income Change
2019 17.76 Percentage of taxable income
2020 17.33 Percentage of taxable income -2.4%
2021 17.33 Percentage of taxable income +0.0%
2022 17.33 Percentage of taxable income +0.0%
2023 17.33 Percentage of taxable income +0.0%
2024 17.76 Percentage of taxable income +2.5%
2025 17.45 Percentage of taxable income -1.7%

New Zealand compared with similar countries

  • New Zealand's 17.45 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)
  • New Zealand's 17.45 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 13.77 Percentage of taxable income, 1.3× the median. (8 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 17.76 Percentage of taxable income 17.76 Percentage of taxable income 17.76 Percentage of taxable income 1
2020s 17.42 Percentage of taxable income 17.33 Percentage of taxable income 17.76 Percentage of taxable income 6

Countries ranked near New Zealand

  1. 16 Switzerland 18.03 Percentage of taxable income compare
  2. 17 Latvia 18 Percentage of taxable income compare
  3. 18 Estonia 17.73 Percentage of taxable income compare
  4. 20 Canada 17.44 Percentage of taxable income compare
  5. 21 Germany 17.3 Percentage of taxable income compare
  6. 22 South Africa 17.15 Percentage of taxable income compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate in New Zealand?
Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate in New Zealand was 17.45 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 New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 17.76 Percentage of taxable income in 2019.
What is the lowest effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate recorded in New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 17.33 Percentage of taxable income in 2020.
How does New Zealand rank for effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate?
New Zealand ranks 19th out of 50 countries with data for 2025.
Is effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate rising or falling in New Zealand?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this New Zealand 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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Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average tax rate
Unit
Percentage of taxable income
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
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Coverage
55 places, 385 data points, 2019–2025
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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.