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Guinea-Bissau vs Venezuela: tax rates compared
Between the two, Venezuela's income tax rate (34%) tops Guinea-Bissau's (20%) by 14pp. The 200-country average is 28%: Guinea-Bissau sits below it, Venezuela sits above it. Guinea-Bissau's figure is dated 2021-01-31 and Venezuela'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 | VE | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Income Tax | 20% | 34% | VE +14 pplargest gap |
| Corporate Tax | 25% | 34% | VE +9 pp |
| VAT | 19% | 16% | GW +3 pp |
| Wealth Tax | 0% | 0.3% | VE +0.3 pp |
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 |
| Venezuela | 34% | Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Venezuela (Individual, Taxes on personal income) · as of 2026-01-12 |
| Difference | −14 pp | Venezuela higher |
Corporate Tax
| Country | Rate | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Guinea-Bissau | 25% | Source: Tax Foundation — Worldwide Corporate Tax Rates · as of 2025-01-01 |
| Venezuela | 34% | Source: Tax Foundation — Worldwide Corporate Tax Rates · as of 2025-01-01 |
| Difference | −9 pp | Venezuela higher |
Between the two, Venezuela's corporate tax rate (34%) tops Guinea-Bissau's (25%) by 9pp. 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 |
| Venezuela | 16% | Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Venezuela (Corporate, Other taxes) · as of 2026-01-12 |
| Difference | +3 pp | Guinea-Bissau higher |
Between the two, Guinea-Bissau's VAT rate (19%) tops Venezuela's (16%) by 3pp. The 181-country average is 15%: both sit above it. Guinea-Bissau's figure is dated 2022-02-25 and Venezuela'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 |
| Venezuela | 0.3% | Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Venezuela (Individual, Other taxes) · as of 2026-01-12 |
| Difference | −0.3 pp | Venezuela higher |
Between the two, Venezuela's wealth tax rate (0.3%) tops Guinea-Bissau's (0%) by 0.3pp. The 193-country average is 0.1%: Guinea-Bissau sits below it, Venezuela sits above it.
Not covered for both countries yet: Capital Gains Tax, Crypto Tax.