Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … expenditure average in United Kingdom
United Kingdom: Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … expenditure average was 14.46 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ▲ Rising
Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - Corporate in United Kingdom, 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 United Kingdom stood at 14.46 Percentage of taxable income. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 21.5% over ten years.
That places United Kingdom 25th out of 50 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … expenditure average in United Kingdom, year by year
| Year | Percentage of taxable income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 11.9 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2020 | 11.46 Percentage of taxable income | -3.7% |
| 2021 | 11.29 Percentage of taxable income | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 11.29 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 14.46 Percentage of taxable income | +28.1% |
| 2024 | 14.46 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 14.46 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
United Kingdom compared with similar countries
- United Kingdom's 14.46 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for high income countries, which is 12.71 Percentage of taxable income, 1.1× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- United Kingdom's 14.46 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 10.17 Percentage of taxable income, 1.4× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 11.9 Percentage of taxable income | 11.9 Percentage of taxable income | 11.9 Percentage of taxable income | 1 |
| 2020s | 12.9 Percentage of taxable income | 11.29 Percentage of taxable income | 14.46 Percentage of taxable income | 6 |
Countries ranked near United Kingdom
- 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
- 26 Sweden 13.12 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 27 Austria 12.74 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 28 Finland 12.69 Percentage of taxable income compare
More economy & growth data for United Kingdom
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate 21.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.14 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 1.42 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 1.04 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0099 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 571.28 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -3.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0072 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 417.14 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 3.15 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate in United Kingdom?
- Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate in United Kingdom was 14.46 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 United Kingdom?
- The highest recorded value was 14.46 Percentage of taxable income in 2023.
- What is the lowest effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate recorded in United Kingdom?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.29 Percentage of taxable income in 2021.
- How does United Kingdom rank for effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate?
- United Kingdom ranks 25th out of 50 countries with data for 2025.
- Is effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate rising or falling in United Kingdom?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Kingdom 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.