2023 Corporate Income Tax Rates in Europe

Taxes

European countries—like almost all countries around the world—require businesses to pay corporate income taxes on their profits. The amount of taxes a business ultimately pays on its profits depends on both the corporate tax base and the corporate tax rate. Today’s map shows how statutory corporate income tax rates compare across European OECD countries.

Taking into account central and subcentral taxes, Portugal has the highest statutory corporate income tax rate among European OECD countries, at 31.5 percent. Germany and Italy follow, at 29.8 percent and 27.8 percent, respectively. Hungary (9 percent), Ireland (12.5 percent), and Lithuania (15 percent) have the lowest corporate income tax rates.

On average, European OECD countries currently levy a corporate income tax rate of 21.5 percent. This is slightly below the worldwide average which, measured across 180 jurisdictions, was 23.4 percent in 2022.

European countries—like most regions around the world—have experienced a decline in corporate income tax rates over the past decades, but the average corporate income tax rate has leveled off in recent years. Of the 27 European countries, only the Netherlands increased its corporate income tax rate in the last year, a trend expected to hold steady as countries have more efficient tax types to turn towards.

2023 Corporate Tax Rates in Europe
Combined Statutory Corporate Income Tax Rates in European OECD Countries, 2023
European OECD Country Combined Statutory Corporate Income Tax Rate
Australia 30.00
Austria 25.00
Belgium 25.00
Canada 26.21
Chile 10.00
Colombia 35.00
Costa Rica 30.00
Czech Republic 19.00
Denmark 22.00
Estonia 20.00
Finland 20.00
France 25.83
Germany 29.83
Greece 22.00
Hungary 9.00
Iceland 20.00
Ireland 12.50
Israel 23.00
Italy 27.81
Japan 29.74
Korea 27.50
Latvia 20.00
Lithuania 15.00
Luxembourg 24.94
Mexico 30.00
Netherlands 25.80
New Zealand 28.00
Norway 22.00
Poland 19.00
Portugal 31.50
Slovak Republic 21.00
Slovenia 19.00
Spain 25.00
Sweden 20.60
Switzerland 19.70
Türkiye 23.00
United Kingdom 19.00
United States 25.81

Note: Combined statutory corporate income tax rates include both central and subcentral corporate income tax rates.

Source: OECD, “Tax Database: Table II.1. Statutory corporate income tax rate;” and Bloomberg Tax, “Country Guide.”

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