* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Tax rate, percent of commercial profits, 2019:

The average for 2019 based on 11 countries was 30.55 percent. The highest value was in India: 49.7 percent and the lowest value was in Brunei: 8 percent. The indicator is available from 2005 to 2019. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank (doing business survey)
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Countries Commercial tax rate, 2019 Global rank Available data
India 49.7 1 2013 - 2019
Philippines 43.1 2 2005 - 2019
Malaysia 38.7 3 2005 - 2019
Vietnam 37.6 4 2005 - 2019
Burma 31.2 5 2012 - 2019
Indonesia 30.1 6 2013 - 2019
Thailand 29.5 7 2005 - 2019
Laos 24.1 8 2005 - 2019
Cambodia 23.1 9 2005 - 2019
Singapore 21 10 2005 - 2019
Brunei 8 11 2006 - 2019



Definition: Total tax rate measures the amount of taxes and mandatory contributions payable by businesses after accounting for allowable deductions and exemptions as a share of commercial profits. Taxes withheld (such as personal income tax) or collected and remitted to tax authorities (such as value added taxes, sales taxes or goods and service taxes) are excluded.

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