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Canada vs Guinea-Bissau: tax rates compared
Canada's income tax rate is 33.5pp higher than Guinea-Bissau's (53.5% vs 20%). The 200-country average is 28%: Canada sits above it, Guinea-Bissau sits below it. Canada'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 | CA | GW | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Income Tax | 53.5% | 20% | CA +33.5 pplargest gap |
| Corporate Tax | 26% | 25% | CA +1 pp |
| VAT | 5% | 19% | GW +14 pp |
| Wealth Tax | 0% | 0% | match |
Income Tax
| Country | Rate | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 53.5% | Source: OECD Tax Database — Top statutory personal income tax rates · 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 | +33.5 pp | Canada higher |
Corporate Tax
| Country | Rate | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 26% | 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 | +1 pp | Canada higher |
Canada's corporate tax rate is 1pp higher than Guinea-Bissau's (26% vs 25%). The 201-country average is 22.6%: both sit above it.
VAT
| Country | Rate | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 5% | Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Canada (Corporate, Other taxes) · as of 2026-06-12 |
| 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 | −14 pp | Guinea-Bissau higher |
Guinea-Bissau's VAT rate is 14pp higher than Canada's (19% vs 5%). The 181-country average is 15%: Canada sits below it, Guinea-Bissau sits above it. Canada's figure is dated 2026-06-12 and Guinea-Bissau's 2022-02-25, so the two rates come from different data vintages.
Wealth Tax
| Country | Rate | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 0% | Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Canada (Individual, Other taxes) · as of 2026-06-12 |
| 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 |
Canada'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.