Effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - Corporate tax in Sweden
Sweden: Effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - Corporate tax was 17.98 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ▼ Falling
Effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - Corporate tax in Sweden, 2000–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of taxable income.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 17.98 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.
That represents a change of down 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax in Sweden peaked at 24.44 Percentage of taxable income in 2000 and was at its lowest, 17.98 Percentage of taxable income, in 2021.
That places Sweden 28th out of 41 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - Corporate tax in Sweden, 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 | 22.96 Percentage of taxable income | -6.1% |
| 2010 | 22.96 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 22.96 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 22.96 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 19.2 Percentage of taxable income | -16.4% |
| 2014 | 19.2 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 19.2 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 19.2 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 19.2 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 19.2 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 18.68 Percentage of taxable income | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 18.68 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 17.98 Percentage of taxable income | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 17.98 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 17.98 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 17.98 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 17.98 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 17.98 Percentage of taxable income is below the median for high income countries, which is 19.2 Percentage of taxable income, 94% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 17.98 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 17.98 Percentage of taxable income, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 24.29 Percentage of taxable income | 22.96 Percentage of taxable income | 24.44 Percentage of taxable income | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.28 Percentage of taxable income | 18.68 Percentage of taxable income | 22.96 Percentage of taxable income | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.1 Percentage of taxable income | 17.98 Percentage of taxable income | 18.68 Percentage of taxable income | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More economy & growth data for Sweden
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.62 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.12 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 8.03 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.012 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 757.39 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 19.15 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual -37.67 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0286 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 1,807 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 18.58 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax in Sweden?
- Effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax in Sweden was 17.98 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 Sweden?
- 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 Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.98 Percentage of taxable income in 2021.
- How does Sweden rank for effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax?
- Sweden ranks 28th out of 41 countries with data for 2025.
- Is effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sweden 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.