Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - Corporate in Portugal

Portugal: Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - Corporate was 10.17 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)
10.17 Percentage of taxable income
Change on year
down 8.0%
World rank
31st
of 50 countries
All-time high
11.06 Percentage of taxable income
in 2020
All-time low
10.17 Percentage of taxable income
in 2025
Years of data
7
2019–2025

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

02.557.5102019202220252019: 11.1 Percentage of taxable income2020: 11.1 Percentage of taxable income2021: 11.1 Percentage of taxable income2022: 11.1 Percentage of taxable income2023: 11.1 Percentage of taxable income2024: 11.1 Percentage of taxable income2025: 10.2 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 Portugal is 10.17 Percentage of taxable income, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 7 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.0% on the previous year and down 8.0% over ten years.

That places Portugal 31st out of 50 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average tax rate in Portugal, 2019 to 2025.
Year Percentage of taxable income Change
2019 11.05 Percentage of taxable income
2020 11.06 Percentage of taxable income +0.1%
2021 11.06 Percentage of taxable income +0.0%
2022 11.06 Percentage of taxable income +0.0%
2023 11.06 Percentage of taxable income +0.0%
2024 11.06 Percentage of taxable income +0.0%
2025 10.17 Percentage of taxable income -8.0%

Portugal compared with similar countries

  • Portugal's 10.17 Percentage of taxable income is below the median for high income countries, which is 12.71 Percentage of taxable income, 80% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
  • Portugal's 10.17 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 10.17 Percentage of taxable income, 1.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 11.05 Percentage of taxable income 11.05 Percentage of taxable income 11.05 Percentage of taxable income 1
2020s 10.91 Percentage of taxable income 10.17 Percentage of taxable income 11.06 Percentage of taxable income 6

Countries ranked near Portugal

  1. 28 Finland 12.69 Percentage of taxable income compare
  2. 29 Croatia 12.57 Percentage of taxable income compare
  3. 30 Peru 11.42 Percentage of taxable income compare
  4. 32 Malaysia 10.08 Percentage of taxable income compare
  5. 33 Romania 9.96 Percentage of taxable income compare
  6. 34 Cyprus 9.75 Percentage of taxable income compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate in Portugal?
Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate in Portugal was 10.17 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 Portugal?
The highest recorded value was 11.06 Percentage of taxable income in 2020.
What is the lowest effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate recorded in Portugal?
The lowest recorded value was 10.17 Percentage of taxable income in 2025.
How does Portugal rank for effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate?
Portugal ranks 31st out of 50 countries with data for 2025.
Is effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate rising or falling in Portugal?
Over the last ten years it is down 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Portugal 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
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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.