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Benin vs Guinea-Bissau: tax rates compared
Benin's income tax rate is 10pp higher than Guinea-Bissau's (30% vs 20%). The 200-country average is 28%: Benin sits above it, Guinea-Bissau sits below it. Benin's figure is dated 2025-01-01 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 | BJ | GW | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Income Tax | 30% | 20% | BJ +10 pplargest gap |
| Corporate Tax | 30% | 25% | BJ +5 pp |
| VAT | 18% | 19% | GW +1 pp |
| Wealth Tax | 0% | 0% | match |
Income Tax
| Country | Rate | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Benin | 30% | Source: Direction Générale des Impôts, Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances (Bénin) — Code Général des Impôts 2025 · as of 2025-01-01 |
| 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 | Benin higher |
Corporate Tax
| Country | Rate | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Benin | 30% | 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 | +5 pp | Benin higher |
Benin's corporate tax rate is 5pp higher than Guinea-Bissau's (30% vs 25%). The 201-country average is 22.6%: both sit above it.
VAT
| Country | Rate | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Benin | 18% | Source: Direction Générale des Impôts, Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances (Bénin) — Code Général des Impôts 2025 · as of 2025-01-01 |
| 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 | −1 pp | Guinea-Bissau higher |
Guinea-Bissau's VAT rate is 1pp higher than Benin's (19% vs 18%). The 181-country average is 15%: both sit above it. Benin's figure is dated 2025-01-01 and Guinea-Bissau's 2022-02-25, so the two rates come from different data vintages.
Wealth Tax
| Country | Rate | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Benin | 0% | Source: Bénin — Code Général des Impôts 2025 (Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances) · as of 2026-07-18 |
| 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 |
Benin's wealth tax rate is identical to Guinea-Bissau's — both sit at 0%. The 193-country average is 0.1%: both sit below it.
Not covered for both countries yet: Capital Gains Tax, Crypto Tax.