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Statutory Corporate Income Tax Rate, 2008

2008, as OECD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Statutory Corporate Income Tax Rate, 2008 covers 144 countries on 2 measures. India is highest, at 45.21; 18 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 25.25. Against 2007, 34 values changed (1 up, 33 down), the same countries are covered.

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Statutory Corporate Income Tax Rate · Data for 2008

HighestIndia

45.21

Lowest18 countries share it

0.00

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Statutory Corporate Income Tax Rate, 2008, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 144 countries · select a heading to sort

Statutory Corporate Income Tax Rate, 2008: every country, as published by OECD.
IndiaINDSouthern Asia45.2145.2
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa40.0040.0
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa40.0040.0
JapanJPNEastern Asia39.5430.0
United StatesUSANorthern America39.2535.0
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa38.5035.0
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa38.0038.0
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa35.0035.0
ArgentinaARGSouth America35.0035.0
GabonGABMiddle Africa35.0035.0
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa35.0035.0
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe35.0035.0
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa35.0035.0
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia35.0035.0
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia35.0035.0
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean35.0035.0
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia35.0035.0
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa35.0035.0
FranceFRAWestern Europe34.4334.4
BrazilBRASouth America34.0034.0
BelgiumBELWestern Europe33.9933.0
JamaicaJAMCaribbean33.3333.3
MonacoMCOWestern Europe33.3333.3
ColombiaCOLSouth America33.0033.0
GreenlandGRLNorthern America31.8031.8

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. India45.21
  2. DR Congoshared40.00
  3. Seychellesshared40.00
  4. Japan39.54
  5. United States39.25

Lowest

  1. British Virgin Islandsshared0.00
  2. Togoshared0.00
  3. Turks and Caicos Islandsshared0.00
  4. Maldivesshared0.00
  5. Moldovashared0.00

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 25.25. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Central government corporate income tax rate (%)

    HighestIndia45.2

    Lowest18 share it

    Middle country: 25.0

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 34values changed, of 144 in both
  • 1 · 33rose · fell
  • 110unchanged

Rose most

  • India44.93 → 45.21+0.28

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method
  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from OECD’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2008.

  • 41 distinct values among 144

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 6 decimals. 25 countries share 30.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 144 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: OECD Terms and Conditions — data clause. The OECD’s own terms for its data: reuse, including commercial reuse, with the OECD credited as the source.

Cite this edition

OECD (2008). Statutory Corporate Income Tax Rate, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/corporate-tax-rate/2008

0627 held

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07Questions

Statutory Corporate Income Tax Rate, 2008: questions and answers

Which country has the highest corporate tax rate in Statutory Corporate Income Tax Rate, 2008?

India, at 45.21, of the 144 countries in the file.

What year does Statutory Corporate Income Tax Rate, 2008 describe?

2008.

How many countries does Statutory Corporate Income Tax Rate, 2008 cover?

144.

Where can I download Statutory Corporate Income Tax Rate, 2008?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Statutory Corporate Income Tax Rate, 2008 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Statutory Corporate Income Tax Rate, 2026.

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