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Ivory Coast vs Palau: tax rates compared

Ivory Coast has an income tax rate of 32%, 20pp above Palau's 12%. The 200-country average is 28%: Ivory Coast sits above it, Palau sits below it.

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

0102030405060Income12%32%VAT10%18%Capital Gains0%17%Wealth Tax0%
four shared taxes, side by side
Tax CI PWDifference
Income Tax32%12%CI +20 pplargest gap
VAT18%10%CI +8 pp
Capital Gains Tax17%0%CI +17 pp
Wealth Tax0%0%match

Income Tax

Income Tax, side by side
CountryRateSource
Ivory Coast32%Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) (Individual, Taxes on personal income) · as of 2026-03-11
Palau12%Source: Government of Palau — Bureau of Revenue and Taxation, Wages and Salary Tax · as of 2026-07-20
Difference+20 ppIvory Coast higher

VAT

VAT, side by side
CountryRateSource
Ivory Coast18%Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) (Corporate, Other taxes) · as of 2026-03-11
Palau10%Source: Palau Bureau of Revenue & Taxation — Palau Goods and Services Tax (PGST) · as of 2023-01-01
Difference+8 ppIvory Coast higher

Ivory Coast has a VAT rate of 18%, 8pp above Palau's 10%. The 181-country average is 15%: Ivory Coast sits above it, Palau sits below it. Ivory Coast's figure is dated 2026-03-11 and Palau's 2023-01-01, so the two rates come from different data vintages.

Capital Gains Tax

Capital Gains Tax, side by side
CountryRateSource
Ivory Coast17%Source: Code Général des Impôts de Côte d'Ivoire (2025 consolidated edition), Articles 180 and 182 · as of 2025-01-01
Palau0%Source: Government of Palau — Ministry of Finance, Bureau of Revenue and Taxation · as of 2026-07-19
Difference+17 ppIvory Coast higher

Ivory Coast has a capital gains tax rate of 17%, 17pp above Palau's 0%. The 175-country average is 10.3%: Ivory Coast sits above it, Palau sits below it. Ivory Coast's figure is dated 2025-01-01 and Palau's 2026-07-19, so the two rates come from different data vintages.

Wealth Tax

Wealth Tax, side by side
CountryRateSource
Ivory Coast0%Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire) (Individual, Other taxes) · as of 2026-03-11
Palau0%Source: Palau National Code, Title 40 (Revenue and Taxation) — official text · as of 2026-07-18
Difference0 ppdisplayed rates match

Ivory Coast and Palau share the same wealth tax rate: 0%. The 193-country average is 0.1%: both sit below it.

Not covered for both countries yet: Corporate Tax, Crypto Tax.