Ethiopia vs Lesotho: tax rates compared

Income Tax

Income Tax, side by side

Country	Rate	Source
Ethiopia	35%	Source: PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Ethiopia, Individual - Taxes on personal income · as of 2026-07-15
Lesotho	30%	Source: Revenue Services Lesotho — Employees' Tax (Pay As You Earn) · as of 2026-07-20
Difference	+5 pp	Ethiopia higher

Corporate Tax

Corporate Tax, side by side

Country	Rate	Source
Ethiopia	30%	Source: Tax Foundation — Worldwide Corporate Tax Rates · as of 2025-01-01
Lesotho	25%	Source: Tax Foundation — Worldwide Corporate Tax Rates · as of 2025-01-01
Difference	+5 pp	Ethiopia higher

Between the two, Ethiopia's corporate tax rate (30%) tops Lesotho's (25%) by 5pp. The 201-country average is 22.6%: both sit above it.

VAT

VAT, side by side

Country	Rate	Source
Ethiopia	15%	Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Ethiopia (Corporate, Other taxes) · as of 2026-07-15
Lesotho	15%	Source: PwC — VAT and Indirect Taxes in Africa 2023, Lesotho · as of 2023-01-26
Difference	0 pp	displayed rates match

There's no gap here — Ethiopia and Lesotho both post a VAT rate of 15%. The 181-country average is 15%: Ethiopia matches the world average, Lesotho matches the world average. Ethiopia's figure is dated 2026-07-15 and Lesotho's 2023-01-26, so the two rates come from different data vintages.

Wealth Tax

Wealth Tax, side by side

Country	Rate	Source
Ethiopia	0%	Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Ethiopia (Individual, Other taxes) · as of 2026-07-15
Lesotho	0%	Source: Revenue Services Lesotho — official site (tax categories) · as of 2026-07-18
Difference	0 pp	displayed rates match

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