VAT rates ranked

181 countries · 2026

Ranked here is the standard VAT rate — the default rate that applies to most goods and services. Each country’s rate is individually researched, sourced and dated — see its own citation on its country page. The bar beside each rate shows it relative to the highest rate in this list.

181 countries, highest to lowest
Rank	Country	Rate	Scale
1	Hungary	27%	highest
2	Finland	25.5%
3	Croatia	25%
4	Denmark	25%
5	Norway	25%
6	Sweden	25%
7	Estonia	24%
8	Greece	24%
9	Iceland	24%
10	Ireland	23%
11	Poland	23%
12	Portugal	23%
13	Slovakia	23%
14	Italy	22%
15	Russia	22%
16	Slovenia	22%
17	Uruguay	22%
18	Argentina	21%
19	Belgium	21%
20	Czechia	21%
21	Latvia	21%
22	Lithuania	21%
23	Montenegro	21%
24	Netherlands	21%
25	Romania	21%
26	Spain	21%
27	Albania	20%
28	Armenia	20%
29	Austria	20%
30	Belarus	20%
31	Bulgaria	20%
32	France	20%
33	Isle of Man	20%
34	Madagascar	20%
35	Moldova	20%
36	Monaco	20%
37	Morocco	20%
38	Serbia	20%
39	Türkiye	20%
40	Ukraine	20%
41	United Kingdom	20%
42	Cameroon	19.3%
43	Algeria	19%
44	Central African Republic	19%
45	Chile	19%
46	Colombia	19%
47	Cyprus	19%
48	Germany	19%
49	Guinea-Bissau	19%
50	Niger	19%
51	Tunisia	19%
52	Republic of the Congo	18.9%
53	Azerbaijan	18%
54	Benin	18%
55	Burkina Faso	18%
56	Burundi	18%
57	Chad	18%
58	Dominican Republic	18%
59	Gabon	18%
60	Georgia	18%
61	Guinea	18%
62	India	18%
63	Israel	18%
64	Ivory Coast	18%
65	Kosovo	18%
66	Mali	18%
67	Malta	18%
68	North Macedonia	18%
69	Pakistan	18%
70	Peru	18%
71	Rwanda	18%
72	Senegal	18%
73	Sri Lanka	18%
74	Tanzania	18%
75	Togo	18%
76	Uganda	18%
77	Barbados	17.5%
78	Malawi	17.5%
79	Antigua and Barbuda	17%
80	Bosnia and Herzegovina	17%
81	Luxembourg	17%
82	Saint Kitts and Nevis	17%
83	Sudan	17%
84	DR Congo	16%
85	Jordan	16%
86	Kazakhstan	16%
87	Kenya	16%
88	Mauritania	16%
89	Mexico	16%
90	Mozambique	16%
91	Palestine	16%
92	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	16%
93	Venezuela	16%
94	Zambia	16%
95	Zimbabwe	15.5%
96	Bangladesh	15%
97	Cape Verde	15%
98	Dominica	15%
99	Ecuador	15%
100	Equatorial Guinea	15%
101	Eswatini	15%
102	Ethiopia	15%
103	Gambia	15%
104	Ghana	15%
105	Grenada	15%
106	Honduras	15%
107	Jamaica	15%
108	Lesotho	15%
109	Mauritius	15%
110	Namibia	15%
111	New Zealand	15%
112	Nicaragua	15%
113	Samoa	15%
114	São Tomé and Príncipe	15%
115	Saudi Arabia	15%
116	Seychelles	15%
117	Sierra Leone	15%
118	South Africa	15%
119	Tonga	15%
120	Vanuatu	15%
121	Angola	14%
122	Botswana	14%
123	Egypt	14%
124	Guyana	14%
125	Tajikistan	14%
126	Bolivia	13%
127	China	13%
128	Costa Rica	13%
129	El Salvador	13%
130	Nepal	13%
131	Belize	12.5%
132	Fiji	12.5%
133	Kiribati	12.5%
134	Saint Lucia	12.5%
135	Trinidad and Tobago	12.5%
136	Guatemala	12%
137	Indonesia	12%
138	Philippines	12%
139	Uzbekistan	12%
140	Lebanon	11%
141	Australia	10%
142	Bahamas	10%
143	Bahrain	10%
144	Cambodia	10%
145	Japan	10%
146	Laos	10%
147	Mongolia	10%
148	Palau	10%
149	Papua New Guinea	10%
150	Paraguay	10%
151	South Korea	10%
152	Suriname	10%
153	Vietnam	10%
154	Singapore	9%
155	Liechtenstein	8.1%
156	Switzerland	8.1%
157	Maldives	8%
158	Nigeria	7.5%
159	Djibouti	7%
160	Panama	7%
161	Thailand	7%
162	Bhutan	5%
163	Canada	5%
164	Jersey	5%
165	Oman	5%
166	Taiwan	5%
167	United Arab Emirates	5%
168	Andorra	4.5%
169	Tuvalu	4%
170	Bermuda	0%	zero rate
171	British Virgin Islands	0%	zero rate
172	Brunei	0%	zero rate
173	Cayman Islands	0%	zero rate
174	Guernsey	0%	zero rate
175	Hong Kong	0%	zero rate
176	Iraq	0%	zero rate
177	Kuwait	0%	zero rate
178	Libya	0%	zero rate
179	Macau	0%	zero rate
180	Nauru	0%	zero rate
181	Qatar	0%	zero rate

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