Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … income average in Romania
Romania: Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … income average was 13.97 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ▼ Falling
Effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - Corporate tax in Romania, 2000–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of taxable income.
Analysis
The most recent figure for effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax in Romania is 13.97 Percentage of taxable income, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax in Romania peaked at 21.82 Percentage of taxable income in 2000 and was at its lowest, 13.97 Percentage of taxable income, in 2005.
That places Romania 35th out of 41 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … income average in Romania, year by year
| Year | Percentage of taxable income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 21.82 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2001 | 21.82 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 21.82 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 21.82 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 21.82 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 13.97 Percentage of taxable income | -36.0% |
| 2006 | 13.97 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 13.97 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 13.97 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 13.97 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 13.97 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 13.97 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 13.97 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 13.97 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 13.97 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 13.97 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 13.97 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 13.97 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 13.97 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 13.97 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 13.97 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 13.97 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 13.97 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 13.97 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 13.97 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 13.97 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 13.97 Percentage of taxable income is below the median for high income countries, which is 19.2 Percentage of taxable income, 73% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Romania's 13.97 Percentage of taxable income is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 17.98 Percentage of taxable income, 78% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.9 Percentage of taxable income | 13.97 Percentage of taxable income | 21.82 Percentage of taxable income | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.97 Percentage of taxable income | 13.97 Percentage of taxable income | 13.97 Percentage of taxable income | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.97 Percentage of taxable income | 13.97 Percentage of taxable income | 13.97 Percentage of taxable income | 6 |
Countries ranked near Romania
- 33 Croatia 15.71 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 34 Hong Kong 14.4 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 36 Lithuania 13.09 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 37 Ireland 10.91 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 38 Bulgaria 8.73 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 38 Cyprus 8.73 Percentage of taxable income compare
More economy & growth data for Romania
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate -27.4 % change on previous year (2025)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.82 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.5 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0088 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 197.24 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 0.0197 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0064 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 144.02 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 Romania?
- Effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax in Romania was 13.97 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 Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 21.82 Percentage of taxable income in 2000.
- What is the lowest effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.97 Percentage of taxable income in 2005.
- How does Romania rank for effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax?
- Romania ranks 35th out of 41 countries with data for 2025.
- Is effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Romania 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.