Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … income average in Norway
Norway: Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … income average was 19.2 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ▼ Falling
Effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - Corporate tax in Norway, 2000–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of taxable income.
Analysis
Norway recorded 19.2 Percentage of taxable income for effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax in Norway peaked at 24.44 Percentage of taxable income in 2000 and was at its lowest, 19.2 Percentage of taxable income, in 2019.
Norway ranks 24th of 41 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … income average in Norway, year by year
| Year | Percentage of taxable income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 24.44 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2001 | 24.44 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 24.44 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 24.44 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 24.44 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 24.44 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 24.44 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 24.44 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 24.44 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 24.44 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 24.44 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 24.44 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 24.44 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 24.44 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 23.57 Percentage of taxable income | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 23.57 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 21.82 Percentage of taxable income | -7.4% |
| 2017 | 20.95 Percentage of taxable income | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 20.07 Percentage of taxable income | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 19.2 Percentage of taxable income | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 19.2 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 19.2 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 19.2 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 19.2 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 19.2 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 19.2 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
Norway compared with similar countries
- Norway's 19.2 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for high income countries, which is 19.2 Percentage of taxable income, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Norway's 19.2 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 17.98 Percentage of taxable income, 1.1× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 24.44 Percentage of taxable income | 24.44 Percentage of taxable income | 24.44 Percentage of taxable income | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.69 Percentage of taxable income | 19.2 Percentage of taxable income | 24.44 Percentage of taxable income | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.2 Percentage of taxable income | 19.2 Percentage of taxable income | 19.2 Percentage of taxable income | 6 |
Countries ranked near Norway
- 21 Greece 21.82 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 Slovenia 19.2 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 24 Indonesia 19.2 Percentage of taxable income compare
More economy & growth data for Norway
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate -23.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 0.7416 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 5.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0142 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 1,340 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 0.4463 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0103 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 978.78 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 3.99 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax in Norway?
- Effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax in Norway was 19.2 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 Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 24.44 Percentage of taxable income in 2000.
- What is the lowest effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.2 Percentage of taxable income in 2019.
- How does Norway rank for effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax?
- Norway ranks 24th out of 41 countries with data for 2025.
- Is effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Norway 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.