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El Salvador vs Taiwan: tax rates compared

Between the two, Taiwan's income tax rate (40%) tops El Salvador's (30%) by 10pp. The 200-country average is 28%: both sit above it.

Verified data covers five of the six tracked tax types for both countries; every rate below is cited to its source and dated.

At a glance

0102030405060Income30%40%Corporate20%30%VAT5%13%Capital Gains0%Wealth Tax0%
five shared taxes, side by side
Tax SV TWDifference
Income Tax30%40%TW +10 pplargest gap
Corporate Tax30%20%SV +10 pp
VAT13%5%SV +8 pp
Capital Gains Tax0%0%match
Wealth Tax0%0%match

Income Tax

Income Tax, side by side
CountryRateSource
El Salvador30%Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — El Salvador (Individual, Taxes on personal income) · as of 2026-02-26
Taiwan40%Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Taiwan (Individual, Taxes on personal income) · as of 2026-01-12
Difference−10 ppTaiwan higher

Corporate Tax

Corporate Tax, side by side
CountryRateSource
El Salvador30%Source: Tax Foundation — Worldwide Corporate Tax Rates · as of 2025-01-01
Taiwan20%Source: Tax Foundation — Worldwide Corporate Tax Rates · as of 2025-01-01
Difference+10 ppEl Salvador higher

Between the two, El Salvador's corporate tax rate (30%) tops Taiwan's (20%) by 10pp. The 201-country average is 22.6%: El Salvador sits above it, Taiwan sits below it.

VAT

VAT, side by side
CountryRateSource
El Salvador13%Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — El Salvador (Corporate, Other taxes) · as of 2026-02-26
Taiwan5%Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Taiwan (Corporate, Other taxes) · as of 2026-01-12
Difference+8 ppEl Salvador higher

Between the two, El Salvador's VAT rate (13%) tops Taiwan's (5%) by 8pp. The 181-country average is 15%: both sit below it.

Capital Gains Tax

Capital Gains Tax, side by side
CountryRateSource
El Salvador0%Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — El Salvador (Individual, Income determination) · as of 2026-02-26
Taiwan0%Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Taiwan (Individual, Income determination / Capital gains tax rates quick chart) · as of 2026-01-12
Difference0 ppdisplayed rates match

There's no gap here — El Salvador and Taiwan both post a capital gains tax rate of 0%. The 175-country average is 10.3%: both sit below it.

Wealth Tax

Wealth Tax, side by side
CountryRateSource
El Salvador0%Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — El Salvador (Individual, Other taxes) · as of 2026-02-26
Taiwan0%Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Taiwan (Individual, Other taxes) · as of 2026-01-12
Difference0 ppdisplayed rates match

There's no gap here — El Salvador and Taiwan 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: Crypto Tax.