Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - Corporate in Sweden
Sweden: Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - Corporate was 13.12 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ▼ Falling
Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - Corporate in Sweden, 2019–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of taxable income.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 13.12 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 21.7% over ten years.
That places Sweden 26th 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 Sweden, year by year
| Year | Percentage of taxable income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 16.75 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2020 | 14.03 Percentage of taxable income | -16.2% |
| 2021 | 13.25 Percentage of taxable income | -5.6% |
| 2022 | 13.24 Percentage of taxable income | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 13.24 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 13.12 Percentage of taxable income | -0.9% |
| 2025 | 13.12 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 13.12 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for high income countries, which is 12.71 Percentage of taxable income, 1.0× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 13.12 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 10.17 Percentage of taxable income, 1.3× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 16.75 Percentage of taxable income | 16.75 Percentage of taxable income | 16.75 Percentage of taxable income | 1 |
| 2020s | 13.33 Percentage of taxable income | 13.12 Percentage of taxable income | 14.03 Percentage of taxable income | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
- 23 Netherlands 16.73 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 24 Belgium 15.32 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 25 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 14.46 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 27 Austria 12.74 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 28 Finland 12.69 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 29 Croatia 12.57 Percentage of taxable income compare
More economy & growth data for Sweden
- 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)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 8.03 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.012 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 757.39 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 19.15 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual -37.67 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0286 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 1,807 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 18.58 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate in Sweden?
- Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate in Sweden was 13.12 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 Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 16.75 Percentage of taxable income in 2019.
- What is the lowest effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.12 Percentage of taxable income in 2024.
- How does Sweden rank for effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate?
- Sweden ranks 26th out of 50 countries with data for 2025.
- Is effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 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.