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Benin vs Tonga: tax rates compared

Benin has an income tax rate of 30%, 5pp above Tonga's 25%. The 200-country average is 28%: Benin sits above it, Tonga sits below it. Benin's figure is dated 2025-01-01 and Tonga's 2021-07-01, 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%30%Corporate25%30%VAT15%18%Wealth Tax0%
four shared taxes, side by side
Tax BJ TODifference
Income Tax30%25%BJ +5 pplargest gap
Corporate Tax30%25%BJ +5 pp
VAT18%15%BJ +3 pp
Wealth Tax0%0%match

Income Tax

Income Tax, side by side
CountryRateSource
Benin30%Source: Direction Générale des Impôts, Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances (Bénin) — Code Général des Impôts 2025 · as of 2025-01-01
Tonga25%Source: Ministry of Revenue & Customs, Government of Tonga — Individual Employee · as of 2021-07-01
Difference+5 ppBenin higher

Corporate Tax

Corporate Tax, side by side
CountryRateSource
Benin30%Source: Tax Foundation — Worldwide Corporate Tax Rates · as of 2025-01-01
Tonga25%Source: Tax Foundation — Worldwide Corporate Tax Rates · as of 2025-01-01
Difference+5 ppBenin higher

Benin has a corporate tax rate of 30%, 5pp above Tonga's 25%. The 201-country average is 22.6%: both sit above it.

VAT

VAT, side by side
CountryRateSource
Benin18%Source: Direction Générale des Impôts, Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances (Bénin) — Code Général des Impôts 2025 · as of 2025-01-01
Tonga15%Source: Consumption Tax Act (CAP 26.02, 2016 Revised Edition), Kingdom of Tonga · as of 2010-11-24
Difference+3 ppBenin higher

Benin has a VAT rate of 18%, 3pp above Tonga's 15%. The 181-country average is 15%: Benin sits above it, Tonga matches the world average. Benin's figure is dated 2025-01-01 and Tonga's 2010-11-24, so the two rates come from different data vintages.

Wealth Tax

Wealth Tax, side by side
CountryRateSource
Benin0%Source: Bénin — Code Général des Impôts 2025 (Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances) · as of 2026-07-18
Tonga0%Source: Tonga Ministry of Revenue & Customs — Tax Legislations (official index) · as of 2026-07-18
Difference0 ppdisplayed rates match

Benin and Tonga share the same wealth tax rate: 0%. The 193-country average is 0.1%: both sit below it.

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