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Bangladesh vs Guinea-Bissau: tax rates compared
Bangladesh has an income tax rate of 30%, 10pp above Guinea-Bissau's 20%. The 200-country average is 28%: Bangladesh sits above it, Guinea-Bissau sits below it. Bangladesh's figure is dated 2025-12-18 and Guinea-Bissau's 2021-01-31, so the two rates come from different data vintages.
Verified data covers four of the six tracked tax types for both countries; every rate below is cited to its source and dated.
At a glance
| Tax | BD | GW | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Income Tax | 30% | 20% | BD +10 pplargest gap |
| Corporate Tax | 27.5% | 25% | BD +2.5 pp |
| VAT | 15% | 19% | GW +4 pp |
| Wealth Tax | 0% | 0% | match |
Income Tax
| Country | Rate | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 30% | Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Bangladesh (Individual, Taxes on personal income) · as of 2025-12-18 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 20% | Source: Ministério das Finanças (Guiné-Bissau) — Código do Imposto Profissional, Artigo 27º (Redação atribuída pelo artigo 10º da Lei nº 1/2021), via Kontaktu legislation portal · as of 2021-01-31 |
| Difference | +10 pp | Bangladesh higher |
Corporate Tax
| Country | Rate | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 27.5% | Source: Tax Foundation — Worldwide Corporate Tax Rates · as of 2025-01-01 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 25% | Source: Tax Foundation — Worldwide Corporate Tax Rates · as of 2025-01-01 |
| Difference | +2.5 pp | Bangladesh higher |
Bangladesh has a corporate tax rate of 27.5%, 2.5pp above Guinea-Bissau's 25%. The 201-country average is 22.6%: both sit above it.
VAT
| Country | Rate | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 15% | Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Bangladesh (Corporate, Other taxes) · as of 2025-12-18 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 19% | Source: Ministério das Finanças (Guiné-Bissau) — Lei nº 4/2022 (Código do IVA), via Kontaktu legislation portal · as of 2022-02-25 |
| Difference | −4 pp | Guinea-Bissau higher |
Guinea-Bissau has a VAT rate of 19%, 4pp above Bangladesh's 15%. The 181-country average is 15%: Bangladesh matches the world average, Guinea-Bissau sits above it. Bangladesh's figure is dated 2025-12-18 and Guinea-Bissau's 2022-02-25, so the two rates come from different data vintages.
Wealth Tax
| Country | Rate | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 0% | Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Bangladesh (Individual, Other taxes / Taxes on personal income) · as of 2025-12-18 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 0% | Source: Direção Geral das Contribuições e Impostos (DGCI) Guiné-Bissau — official withholding-tax return instructions (Instrução de Serviço, DGCI/2021), hosted on the Ministério das Finanças domain · as of 2026-07-18 |
| Difference | 0 pp | displayed rates match |
Bangladesh and Guinea-Bissau share the same wealth tax rate: 0%. The 193-country average is 0.1%: both sit below it. Bangladesh's figure is dated 2025-12-18 and Guinea-Bissau's 2026-07-18, so the two rates come from different data vintages.
Not covered for both countries yet: Capital Gains Tax, Crypto Tax.