Effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - Corporate tax in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - Corporate tax was 26.18 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ▬ Flat
Effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - Corporate tax in Costa Rica, 2000–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of taxable income.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 26.18 Percentage of taxable income for effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax in Costa Rica peaked at 26.18 Percentage of taxable income in 2000 and was at its lowest, 26.18 Percentage of taxable income, in 2000.
Costa Rica ranks 10th of 41 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - Corporate tax in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Percentage of taxable income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 26.18 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2001 | 26.18 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 26.18 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 26.18 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 26.18 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 26.18 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 26.18 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 26.18 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 26.18 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 26.18 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 26.18 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 26.18 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 26.18 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 26.18 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 26.18 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 26.18 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 26.18 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 26.18 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 26.18 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 26.18 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 26.18 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 26.18 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 26.18 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 26.18 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 26.18 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 26.18 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 26.18 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for high income countries, which is 19.2 Percentage of taxable income, 1.4× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 26.18 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 26.18 Percentage of taxable income, 1.0× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 26.18 Percentage of taxable income | 26.18 Percentage of taxable income | 26.18 Percentage of taxable income | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.18 Percentage of taxable income | 26.18 Percentage of taxable income | 26.18 Percentage of taxable income | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.18 Percentage of taxable income | 26.18 Percentage of taxable income | 26.18 Percentage of taxable income | 6 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 7 Brazil 29.68 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 8 Portugal 27.49 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 9 Germany 26.3 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 10 Australia 26.18 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 10 Mexico 26.18 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 13 Japan 26.16 Percentage of taxable income compare
More economy & growth data for Costa Rica
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.74 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.3 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 466.29 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0045 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 90.49 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 5.59 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 3.39 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0543 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 1,084 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 20.52 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax in Costa Rica?
- Effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax in Costa Rica was 26.18 Percentage of taxable income in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 26.18 Percentage of taxable income in 2000.
- What is the lowest effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.18 Percentage of taxable income in 2000.
- How does Costa Rica rank for effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax?
- Costa Rica ranks 10th out of 41 countries with data for 2025.
- Is effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Effective tax rates for income 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 income-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.