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Guinea-Bissau vs Nicaragua: tax rates compared
Nicaragua has an income tax rate of 30%, 10pp above Guinea-Bissau's 20%. The 200-country average is 28%: Guinea-Bissau sits below it, Nicaragua sits above it. Guinea-Bissau's figure is dated 2021-01-31 and Nicaragua's 2026-01-12, 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 | GW | NI | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Income Tax | 20% | 30% | NI +10 pplargest gap |
| Corporate Tax | 25% | 30% | NI +5 pp |
| VAT | 19% | 15% | GW +4 pp |
| Wealth Tax | 0% | 0% | match |
Income Tax
| Country | Rate | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Nicaragua | 30% | Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Nicaragua (Individual, Taxes on personal income) · as of 2026-01-12 |
| Difference | −10 pp | Nicaragua higher |
Corporate Tax
| Country | Rate | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Guinea-Bissau | 25% | Source: Tax Foundation — Worldwide Corporate Tax Rates · as of 2025-01-01 |
| Nicaragua | 30% | Source: Tax Foundation — Worldwide Corporate Tax Rates · as of 2025-01-01 |
| Difference | −5 pp | Nicaragua higher |
Nicaragua has a corporate tax rate of 30%, 5pp above Guinea-Bissau's 25%. The 201-country average is 22.6%: both sit above it.
VAT
| Country | Rate | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Nicaragua | 15% | Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Nicaragua (Corporate, Other taxes) · as of 2026-01-12 |
| Difference | +4 pp | Guinea-Bissau higher |
Guinea-Bissau has a VAT rate of 19%, 4pp above Nicaragua's 15%. The 181-country average is 15%: Guinea-Bissau sits above it, Nicaragua matches the world average. Guinea-Bissau's figure is dated 2022-02-25 and Nicaragua's 2026-01-12, so the two rates come from different data vintages.
Wealth Tax
| Country | Rate | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Nicaragua | 0% | Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Nicaragua (Individual, Other taxes) · as of 2026-01-12 |
| Difference | 0 pp | displayed rates match |
Guinea-Bissau and Nicaragua share the same wealth tax rate: 0%. The 193-country average is 0.1%: both sit below it.
Not covered for both countries yet: Capital Gains Tax, Crypto Tax.