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Bangladesh vs Nicaragua: tax rates compared

There's no gap here — Bangladesh and Nicaragua both post an income tax rate of 30%. The 200-country average is 28%: both sit above it. Bangladesh's figure is dated 2025-12-18 and Nicaragua's 2026-01-12, so the two rates come from different data vintages.

Verified data covers five of the six tracked tax types for both countries; every rate below is cited to its source and dated.

At a glance

0102030405060Income30%Corporate27.5%30%VAT15%Capital Gains15%Wealth Tax0%
five shared taxes, side by side
Tax BD NIDifference
Income Tax30%30%match
Corporate Tax27.5%30%NI +2.5 pplargest gap
VAT15%15%match
Capital Gains Tax15%15%match
Wealth Tax0%0%match

Income Tax

Income Tax, side by side
CountryRateSource
Bangladesh30%Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Bangladesh (Individual, Taxes on personal income) · as of 2025-12-18
Nicaragua30%Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Nicaragua (Individual, Taxes on personal income) · as of 2026-01-12
Difference0 ppdisplayed rates match

Corporate Tax

Corporate Tax, side by side
CountryRateSource
Bangladesh27.5%Source: Tax Foundation — Worldwide Corporate Tax Rates · as of 2025-01-01
Nicaragua30%Source: Tax Foundation — Worldwide Corporate Tax Rates · as of 2025-01-01
Difference−2.5 ppNicaragua higher

Between the two, Nicaragua's corporate tax rate (30%) tops Bangladesh's (27.5%) by 2.5pp. The 201-country average is 22.6%: both sit above it.

VAT

VAT, side by side
CountryRateSource
Bangladesh15%Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Bangladesh (Corporate, Other taxes) · as of 2025-12-18
Nicaragua15%Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Nicaragua (Corporate, Other taxes) · as of 2026-01-12
Difference0 ppdisplayed rates match

There's no gap here — Bangladesh and Nicaragua both post a VAT rate of 15%. The 181-country average is 15%: Bangladesh matches the world average, Nicaragua matches the world average. Bangladesh's figure is dated 2025-12-18 and Nicaragua's 2026-01-12, so the two rates come from different data vintages.

Capital Gains Tax

Capital Gains Tax, side by side
CountryRateSource
Bangladesh15%Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Bangladesh (Individual, Income determination) · as of 2025-12-18
Nicaragua15%Source: EY Worldwide Personal Tax and Immigration Guide 2025-26 — Nicaragua · as of 2025-10-01
Difference0 ppdisplayed rates match

There's no gap here — Bangladesh and Nicaragua both post a capital gains tax rate of 15%. The 175-country average is 10.3%: both sit above it.

Wealth Tax

Wealth Tax, side by side
CountryRateSource
Bangladesh0%Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Bangladesh (Individual, Other taxes / Taxes on personal income) · as of 2025-12-18
Nicaragua0%Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Nicaragua (Individual, Other taxes) · as of 2026-01-12
Difference0 ppdisplayed rates match

There's no gap here — Bangladesh and Nicaragua both post a wealth tax rate of 0%. The 193-country average is 0.1%: both sit below it. Bangladesh's figure is dated 2025-12-18 and Nicaragua's 2026-01-12, so the two rates come from different data vintages.

Not covered for both countries yet: Crypto Tax.