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Sweden vs Switzerland: tax rates compared

Sweden has an income tax rate of 52.4%, 11pp above Switzerland's 41.4%. The 37-country average is 43.2%: Sweden sits above it, Switzerland 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.

Income Tax

0102030405060World avg 43.2%SE 52.4%CH 41.4%
Income Tax, side by side
CountryRateSource
Sweden52.4%Source: OECD Tax Database — Top statutory personal income tax rates · as of 2025-01-01
Switzerland41.4%Source: OECD Tax Database — Top statutory personal income tax rates · as of 2025-01-01
Difference+11 ppSweden higher

Corporate Tax

0102030405060World avg 22.6%SE 20.6%CH 19.6%
Corporate Tax, side by side
CountryRateSource
Sweden20.6%Source: Tax Foundation — Worldwide Corporate Tax Rates · as of 2025-01-01
Switzerland19.6%Source: Tax Foundation — Worldwide Corporate Tax Rates · as of 2025-01-01
Difference+1 ppSweden higher

Sweden has a corporate tax rate of 20.6%, 1pp above Switzerland's 19.6%. The 201-country average is 22.6%: both sit below it.

VAT

0102030405060World avg 19.5%SE 25%CH 8.1%
VAT, side by side
CountryRateSource
Sweden25%Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Sweden (Corporate, Other taxes) · as of 2025-12-17
Switzerland8.1%Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Switzerland (Corporate, Other taxes) · as of 2026-07-01
Difference+16.9 ppSweden higherlargest gap on this page

Sweden has a VAT rate of 25%, 16.9pp above Switzerland's 8.1%. The 37-country average is 19.5%: Sweden sits above it, Switzerland sits below it. Sweden's figure is dated 2025-12-17 and Switzerland's 2026-07-01, so the two rates come from different data vintages.

Wealth Tax

0102030405060World avg 0.1%SE 0%CH 0.9%
Wealth Tax, side by side
CountryRateSource
Sweden0%Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Sweden (Individual, Other taxes) · as of 2026-02-09
Switzerland0.9%Source: République et Canton de Genève, Administration fiscale cantonale — Barèmes 2025 pour les impôts sur le revenu et la fortune · as of 2025-01-01
Difference−0.9 ppSwitzerland higher

Switzerland has a wealth tax rate of 0.9%, 0.9pp above Sweden's 0%. The 193-country average is 0.1%: Sweden sits below it, Switzerland sits above it. Sweden's figure is dated 2026-02-09 and Switzerland's 2025-01-01, so the two rates come from different data vintages.

Not covered for both countries yet: Capital Gains Tax, Crypto Tax.