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Chile vs Timor-Leste: tax rates compared

Between the two, Chile's income tax rate (40%) tops Timor-Leste's (10%) by 30pp. The 200-country average is 28%: Chile sits above it, Timor-Leste sits below it. Chile's figure is dated 2025-01-01 and Timor-Leste's 2026-03-05, 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

0102030405060Income10%40%Corporate10%27%Capital Gains10%Wealth Tax0%
four shared taxes, side by side
Tax CL TLDifference
Income Tax40%10%CL +30 pplargest gap
Corporate Tax27%10%CL +17 pp
Capital Gains Tax10%10%match
Wealth Tax0%0%match

Income Tax

Income Tax, side by side
CountryRateSource
Chile40%Source: OECD Tax Database — Top statutory personal income tax rates · as of 2025-01-01
Timor-Leste10%Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Timor-Leste (Individual, Taxes on personal income) · as of 2026-03-05
Difference+30 ppChile higher

Corporate Tax

Corporate Tax, side by side
CountryRateSource
Chile27%Source: Tax Foundation — Worldwide Corporate Tax Rates · as of 2025-01-01
Timor-Leste10%Source: Tax Foundation — Worldwide Corporate Tax Rates · as of 2025-01-01
Difference+17 ppChile higher

Between the two, Chile's corporate tax rate (27%) tops Timor-Leste's (10%) by 17pp. The 201-country average is 22.6%: Chile sits above it, Timor-Leste sits below it.

Capital Gains Tax

Capital Gains Tax, side by side
CountryRateSource
Chile10%Source: Chile Ministry of Finance — Ley sobre Impuesto a la Renta (Decreto Ley 824), Article 107, consolidated text via Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional (LeyChile) · as of 2022-02-04
Timor-Leste10%Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Timor-Leste (Individual, Taxes on personal income) · as of 2026-03-05
Difference0 ppdisplayed rates match

There's no gap here — Chile and Timor-Leste both post a capital gains tax rate of 10%. The 175-country average is 10.3%: both sit below it. Chile's figure is dated 2022-02-04 and Timor-Leste's 2026-03-05, so the two rates come from different data vintages.

Wealth Tax

Wealth Tax, side by side
CountryRateSource
Chile0%Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Chile (Individual, Other taxes) · as of 2025-12-19
Timor-Leste0%Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Timor-Leste (Individual, Other taxes) · as of 2026-03-05
Difference0 ppdisplayed rates match

There's no gap here — Chile and Timor-Leste both post a wealth tax rate of 0%. The 193-country average is 0.1%: both sit below it. Chile's figure is dated 2025-12-19 and Timor-Leste's 2026-03-05, so the two rates come from different data vintages.

Not covered for both countries yet: VAT, Crypto Tax.