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Guinea-Bissau vs Saint Lucia: tax rates compared

Saint Lucia has an income tax rate of 30%, 10pp above Guinea-Bissau's 20%. The 200-country average is 28%: Guinea-Bissau sits below it, Saint Lucia sits above it. Guinea-Bissau's figure is dated 2021-01-31 and Saint Lucia's 2026-01-13, 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

0102030405060Income20%30%Corporate25%30%VAT12.5%19%Wealth Tax0%
four shared taxes, side by side
Tax GW LCDifference
Income Tax20%30%LC +10 pplargest gap
Corporate Tax25%30%LC +5 pp
VAT19%12.5%GW +6.5 pp
Wealth Tax0%0%match

Income Tax

Corporate Tax

Corporate Tax, side by side
CountryRateSource
Guinea-Bissau25%Source: Tax Foundation — Worldwide Corporate Tax Rates · as of 2025-01-01
Saint Lucia30%Source: Tax Foundation — Worldwide Corporate Tax Rates · as of 2025-01-01
Difference−5 ppSaint Lucia higher

Saint Lucia 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

VAT, side by side
CountryRateSource
Guinea-Bissau19%Source: Ministério das Finanças (Guiné-Bissau) — Lei nº 4/2022 (Código do IVA), via Kontaktu legislation portal · as of 2022-02-25
Saint Lucia12.5%Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Saint Lucia (Corporate, Other taxes) · as of 2026-01-13
Difference+6.5 ppGuinea-Bissau higher

Guinea-Bissau has a VAT rate of 19%, 6.5pp above Saint Lucia's 12.5%. The 181-country average is 15%: Guinea-Bissau sits above it, Saint Lucia sits below it. Guinea-Bissau's figure is dated 2022-02-25 and Saint Lucia's 2026-01-13, so the two rates come from different data vintages.

Wealth Tax

Guinea-Bissau and Saint Lucia 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.