Taxes as a % of price: value added tax by country
Countries reporting
176
Highest
32.0%
Brazil
Lowest
1.1%
Tonga
Median
13.0%
Years covered
15
2008–2022
Data points
1,475
What the numbers show
Taxes as a % of price: value added tax is currently reported for 176 countries. The highest value is 32.0% in Brazil; the lowest is 1.1% in Tonga.
The median across all reporting countries is 13.0%, and the mean is 12.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 29.
Over the past decade 49 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Iran, Islamic Republic of (up 1,049.5%), and the largest decrease in Ghana (down 71.4%).
Taxes as a % of price: value added tax: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 32.0% | 2022 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 2 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 24.8% | 2022 | up 1,049.5% | volatile |
| 3 | India | 21.9% | 2022 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 4 | Hungary | 21.3% | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 5 | Denmark | 20.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 20.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Croatia | 20.0% | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 5 | Norway | 20.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Sweden | 20.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Finland | 19.4% | 2022 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 10 | Greece | 19.4% | 2022 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 10 | Iceland | 19.4% | 2022 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 13 | Ireland | 18.7% | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 13 | Poland | 18.7% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Portugal | 18.7% | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 16 | Italy | 18.0% | 2022 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 16 | Slovenia | 18.0% | 2022 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 16 | Uruguay | 18.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 19 | Belgium | 17.4% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 19 | Czechia | 17.4% | 2022 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 19 | Spain | 17.4% | 2022 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 19 | Lithuania | 17.4% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 19 | Latvia | 17.4% | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 19 | Montenegro | 17.4% | 2022 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 19 | Netherlands | 17.4% | 2022 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 26 | Albania | 16.7% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | Armenia | 16.7% | 2022 | up 233.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Austria | 16.7% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | Bulgaria | 16.7% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | Belarus | 16.7% | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 26 | Estonia | 16.7% | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 26 | France | 16.7% | 2022 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 26 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 16.7% | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 26 | Morocco | 16.7% | 2022 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 26 | Republic of Moldova | 16.7% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | Madagascar | 16.7% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | Russian Federation | 16.7% | 2022 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 26 | Serbia | 16.7% | 2022 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 26 | Slovakia | 16.7% | 2022 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 26 | Ukraine | 16.7% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 41 | Cameroon | 16.1% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 42 | Central African Republic | 16.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 42 | Chile | 16.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 42 | Colombia | 16.0% | 2022 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 42 | Cyprus | 16.0% | 2022 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 42 | Germany | 16.0% | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 42 | Niger | 16.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 42 | Romania | 16.0% | 2022 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 49 | Congo | 15.9% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Azerbaijan | 15.2% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Burundi | 15.2% | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 50 | Burkina Faso | 15.2% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Côte d'Ivoire | 15.2% | 2022 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 50 | Dominican Republic | 15.2% | 2022 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 50 | Gabon | 15.2% | 2022 | up 225.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Georgia | 15.2% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Honduras | 15.2% | 2022 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 50 | North Macedonia | 15.2% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Malta | 15.2% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Peru | 15.2% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Rwanda | 15.2% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Senegal | 15.2% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Chad | 15.2% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Togo | 15.2% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Tajikistan | 15.2% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Türkiye | 15.2% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 15.2% | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 68 | Barbados | 14.9% | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14.5% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 69 | Israel | 14.5% | 2022 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 69 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 14.5% | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 69 | Luxembourg | 14.5% | 2022 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 69 | Mozambique | 14.5% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 69 | Pakistan | 14.5% | 2022 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 75 | Algeria | 14.3% | 2022 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 76 | Malawi | 14.2% | 2022 | up 226.3% | rising |
| 77 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 13.8% | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 77 | Jordan | 13.8% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | Kenya | 13.8% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | Mexico | 13.8% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | Palestine, State of | 13.8% | 2022 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 77 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 13.8% | 2022 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 77 | Zambia | 13.8% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | Antigua and Barbuda | 13.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | Dominica | 13.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | Ethiopia | 13.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | Fiji | 13.0% | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 84 | Gambia | 13.0% | 2022 | up 54.0% | falling |
| 84 | Grenada | 13.0% | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 84 | Jamaica | 13.0% | 2022 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 84 | Sri Lanka | 13.0% | 2022 | up 21.8% | flat |
| 84 | Lesotho | 13.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | Mauritius | 13.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | Namibia | 13.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | Nicaragua | 13.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | New Zealand | 13.0% | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 84 | Panama | 13.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | Saudi Arabia | 13.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 84 | Sierra Leone | 13.0% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | Eswatini | 13.0% | 2022 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 84 | Seychelles | 13.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 84 | Turkmenistan | 13.0% | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 84 | Uzbekistan | 13.0% | 2022 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 84 | Samoa | 13.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | South Africa | 13.0% | 2022 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 84 | Zimbabwe | 13.0% | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 107 | Guyana | 12.3% | 2022 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 108 | Bangladesh | 12.0% | 2022 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 109 | Equatorial Guinea | 11.8% | 2022 | up 62.3% | rising |
| 110 | Vanuatu | 11.8% | 2022 | up 57.3% | rising |
| 111 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 11.5% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 111 | China | 11.5% | 2022 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 111 | Nepal | 11.5% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 111 | El Salvador | 11.5% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 115 | Cook Islands | 11.2% | 2022 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 116 | Belize | 11.1% | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 116 | Saint Lucia | 11.1% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.1% | 2022 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 116 | Niue | 11.1% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 120 | Tunisia | 11.0% | 2022 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 121 | Sudan | 10.8% | 2022 | up 107.9% | rising |
| 122 | Botswana | 10.7% | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 122 | Ecuador | 10.7% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 122 | Eritrea | 10.7% | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 122 | Guatemala | 10.7% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 122 | Kazakhstan | 10.7% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 122 | Kyrgyzstan | 10.7% | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 122 | Philippines | 10.7% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Cuba | 10.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Lebanon | 9.9% | 2022 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 131 | Indonesia | 9.9% | 2022 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 132 | Australia | 9.1% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 132 | Bahrain | 9.1% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Bahamas | 9.1% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Comoros | 9.1% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 132 | Japan | 9.1% | 2022 | up 91.0% | rising |
| 132 | Cambodia | 9.1% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 132 | Korea | 9.1% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 132 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 9.1% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 132 | Liberia | 9.1% | 2022 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 132 | Mongolia | 9.1% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 132 | Papua New Guinea | 9.1% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 132 | Paraguay | 9.1% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 132 | Solomon Islands | 9.1% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 145 | Angola | 9.0% | 2022 | down 60.9% | falling |
| 146 | Canada | 8.9% | 2022 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 147 | Costa Rica | 8.6% | 2022 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 148 | Uganda | 7.8% | 2022 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 149 | Switzerland | 7.2% | 2022 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 150 | Nigeria | 7.0% | 2022 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 151 | Kiribati | 6.9% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Mali | 6.8% | 2022 | down 31.9% | rising |
| 153 | Singapore | 6.5% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Thailand | 6.5% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 155 | Viet Nam | 6.3% | 2022 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 156 | Maldives | 5.7% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Malaysia | 5.3% | 2022 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 158 | United States of America | 5.2% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 159 | Argentina | 4.9% | 2022 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 160 | Mauritania | 4.8% | 2022 | up 117.8% | rising |
| 161 | United Arab Emirates | 4.8% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 161 | Oman | 4.8% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 163 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 4.6% | 2022 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 164 | Andorra | 4.3% | 2022 | up 314.4% | rising |
| 165 | Marshall Islands | 3.9% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 166 | Ghana | 3.7% | 2022 | down 71.4% | falling |
| 167 | Benin | 3.4% | 2022 | up 38.8% | falling |
| 168 | Somalia | 3.0% | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 169 | Tuvalu | 2.9% | 2022 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 170 | Guinea | 2.9% | 2020 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 171 | Timor-Leste | 2.4% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 172 | Djibouti | 2.3% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 173 | Cape Verde | 2.1% | 2022 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 174 | Libya | 1.3% | 2022 | down 56.5% | volatile |
| 175 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.2% | 2022 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 176 | Tonga | 1.1% | 2022 | down 42.4% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.