Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … income average in Greece
Greece: Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … income average was 21.82 Percentage of taxable income in 2009. ▼ Falling
Effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - Corporate tax in Greece, 2000–2009
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of taxable income.
Analysis
In 2009, effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax in Greece stood at 21.82 Percentage of taxable income. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 37.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax in Greece peaked at 34.91 Percentage of taxable income in 2000 and was at its lowest, 21.82 Percentage of taxable income, in 2007.
Greece ranks 21st of 41 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … income average in Greece, year by year
| Year | Percentage of taxable income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 34.91 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2001 | 32.73 Percentage of taxable income | -6.2% |
| 2002 | 30.55 Percentage of taxable income | -6.7% |
| 2003 | 30.55 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 30.55 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 27.93 Percentage of taxable income | -8.6% |
| 2006 | 25.31 Percentage of taxable income | -9.4% |
| 2007 | 21.82 Percentage of taxable income | -13.8% |
| 2008 | 21.82 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 21.82 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 21.82 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for high income countries, which is 19.2 Percentage of taxable income, 1.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Greece's 21.82 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 17.98 Percentage of taxable income, 1.2× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Greece
- 18 Luxembourg 23.64 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 19 Chile 23.57 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 19 South Africa 23.57 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 22 United Kingdom 20.95 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 23 Austria 20.07 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 24 Denmark 19.2 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 24 Norway 19.2 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 24 Slovenia 19.2 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 24 Indonesia 19.2 Percentage of taxable income compare
More economy & growth data for Greece
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate -0.6708 % change on previous year (2025)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.67 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 1.25 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 181.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0108 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 289.76 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 167.82 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0079 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 211.58 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax in Greece?
- Effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax in Greece was 21.82 Percentage of taxable income in 2009, 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 Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 34.91 Percentage of taxable income in 2000.
- What is the lowest effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.82 Percentage of taxable income in 2007.
- How does Greece rank for effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax?
- Greece ranks 21st out of 41 countries with data for 2009.
- Is effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greece 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 10 observations, free to reuse under OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required).
About this data
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.