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Guinea-Bissau vs Sri Lanka: tax rates compared
Between the two, Sri Lanka's income tax rate (36%) tops Guinea-Bissau's (20%) by 16pp. The 200-country average is 28%: Guinea-Bissau sits below it, Sri Lanka sits above it. Guinea-Bissau's figure is dated 2021-01-31 and Sri Lanka's 2025-08-28, 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 | LK | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Income Tax | 20% | 36% | LK +16 pplargest gap |
| Corporate Tax | 25% | 30% | LK +5 pp |
| VAT | 19% | 18% | GW +1 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 |
| Sri Lanka | 36% | Source: Inland Revenue Department, Sri Lanka — Tax Chart, Year of Assessment 2025/2026 · as of 2025-08-28 |
| Difference | −16 pp | Sri Lanka higher |
Corporate Tax
| Country | Rate | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Guinea-Bissau | 25% | Source: Tax Foundation — Worldwide Corporate Tax Rates · as of 2025-01-01 |
| Sri Lanka | 30% | Source: Tax Foundation — Worldwide Corporate Tax Rates · as of 2025-01-01 |
| Difference | −5 pp | Sri Lanka higher |
Between the two, Sri Lanka's corporate tax rate (30%) tops Guinea-Bissau's (25%) by 5pp. 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 |
| Sri Lanka | 18% | Source: Sri Lanka Inland Revenue Department — Value Added Tax (VAT) · as of 2024-01-01 |
| Difference | +1 pp | Guinea-Bissau higher |
Between the two, Guinea-Bissau's VAT rate (19%) tops Sri Lanka's (18%) by 1pp. The 181-country average is 15%: both sit above it. Guinea-Bissau's figure is dated 2022-02-25 and Sri Lanka's 2024-01-01, 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 |
| Sri Lanka | 0% | Source: Sri Lanka Inland Revenue Department — Acts of Parliament (tax legislation listing) · as of 2026-07-18 |
| Difference | 0 pp | displayed rates match |
There's no gap here — Guinea-Bissau and Sri Lanka 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: Capital Gains Tax, Crypto Tax.