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Burkina Faso vs Tonga: tax rates compared

There's no gap here — Burkina Faso and Tonga both post an income tax rate of 25%. The 200-country average is 28%: both sit below it. Burkina Faso's figure is dated 2023-01-01 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%Corporate25%27.5%VAT15%18%Wealth Tax0%
four shared taxes, side by side
Tax BF TODifference
Income Tax25%25%match
Corporate Tax27.5%25%BF +2.5 pp
VAT18%15%BF +3 pplargest gap
Wealth Tax0%0%match

Income Tax

Income Tax, side by side
CountryRateSource
Burkina Faso25%Source: Direction Générale des Impôts (DGI), Burkina Faso — Code Général des Impôts 2023 · as of 2023-01-01
Tonga25%Source: Ministry of Revenue & Customs, Government of Tonga — Individual Employee · as of 2021-07-01
Difference0 ppdisplayed rates match

Corporate Tax

Corporate Tax, side by side
CountryRateSource
Burkina Faso27.5%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+2.5 ppBurkina Faso higher

Between the two, Burkina Faso's corporate tax rate (27.5%) tops Tonga's (25%) by 2.5pp. The 201-country average is 22.6%: both sit above it.

VAT

VAT, side by side
CountryRateSource
Burkina Faso18%Source: Direction Générale des Impôts (DGI), Burkina Faso — Code Général des Impôts · as of 2023-01-01
Tonga15%Source: Consumption Tax Act (CAP 26.02, 2016 Revised Edition), Kingdom of Tonga · as of 2010-11-24
Difference+3 ppBurkina Faso higher

Between the two, Burkina Faso's VAT rate (18%) tops Tonga's (15%) by 3pp. The 181-country average is 15%: Burkina Faso sits above it, Tonga matches the world average. Burkina Faso's figure is dated 2023-01-01 and Tonga's 2010-11-24, so the two rates come from different data vintages.

Wealth Tax

Wealth Tax, side by side
CountryRateSource
Burkina Faso0%Source: ATAF — "Burkina Faso evaluates wealth tax options through ATAF Engagement" · as of 2026-03-15
Tonga0%Source: Tonga Ministry of Revenue & Customs — Tax Legislations (official index) · as of 2026-07-18
Difference0 ppdisplayed rates match

There's no gap here — Burkina Faso and Tonga both post a wealth tax rate of 0%. The 193-country average is 0.1%: both sit below it.

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