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Belize vs Madagascar: tax rates compared

There's no gap here — Belize and Madagascar both post an income tax rate of 25%. The 200-country average is 28%: both sit below it. Belize's figure is dated 2025-01-01 and Madagascar's 2026-01-01, 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

0102030405060Income25%Corporate0%20%VAT12.5%20%Wealth Tax0%
four shared taxes, side by side
Tax BZ MGDifference
Income Tax25%25%match
Corporate Tax0%20%MG +20 pplargest gap
VAT12.5%20%MG +7.5 pp
Wealth Tax0%0%match

Income Tax

Income Tax, side by side
CountryRateSource
Belize25%Source: Belize Income and Business Tax (Amendment) Act, 2024 (No. 40 of 2024) · as of 2025-01-01
Madagascar25%Source: Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances (Madagascar) — Loi n° 2025-021 portant Loi de Finances pour 2026, Article 01.03.16 · as of 2026-01-01
Difference0 ppdisplayed rates match

Corporate Tax

Corporate Tax, side by side
CountryRateSource
Belize0%Source: Tax Foundation — Worldwide Corporate Tax Rates · as of 2025-01-01
Madagascar20%Source: Tax Foundation — Worldwide Corporate Tax Rates · as of 2025-01-01
Difference−20 ppMadagascar higher

Between the two, Madagascar's corporate tax rate (20%) tops Belize's (0%) by 20pp. The 201-country average is 22.6%: both sit below it.

VAT

VAT, side by side
CountryRateSource
Belize12.5%Source: Belize Tax Service — General Sales Tax Act (Chapter 63, Revised Edition 2011) · as of 2011-12-31
Madagascar20%Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Madagascar (Corporate, Other taxes) · as of 2025-11-18
Difference−7.5 ppMadagascar higher

Between the two, Madagascar's VAT rate (20%) tops Belize's (12.5%) by 7.5pp. The 181-country average is 15%: Belize sits below it, Madagascar sits above it. Belize's figure is dated 2011-12-31 and Madagascar's 2025-11-18, so the two rates come from different data vintages.

Wealth Tax

Wealth Tax, side by side
CountryRateSource
Belize0%Source: Belize Income and Business Tax Act, Chapter 55 (Government of Belize, Attorney General's Ministry) · as of 2026-07-18
Madagascar0%Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Net wealth/worth tax rates (quick chart) · as of 2025-11-18
Difference0 ppdisplayed rates match

There's no gap here — Belize and Madagascar both post a wealth tax rate of 0%. The 193-country average is 0.1%: both sit below it. Belize's figure is dated 2026-07-18 and Madagascar's 2025-11-18, so the two rates come from different data vintages.

Not covered for both countries yet: Capital Gains Tax, Crypto Tax.