Value-added tax (VAT) rates in South Africa and around the world

CreatedMarch 14, 2025
CreditPwC Tax Summaries and World Bank Development Indicators
CategoryEconomy
DescriptionThe value-added tax (VAT) rates for 120 countries, sourced from PwC Tax Summaries, and GDP per capita (in constant 2015 US dollars) from the World Bank Development Indicators. This data was used in a scatterplot to compare South Africa's VAT rate with other other countries. The data was downloaded on 24 February 2025. It does not include South Africa's new VAT rate, which comes into effect on 1 May 2025. The VAT rates can be accessed from <https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/quick-charts/value-added-tax-vat-rates>
Data rows120
Headers
Continent
Territory
Standard VAT rate (%)
GDP per capita 2023 (constant 2015 US$)
Data
ContinentTerritoryStandard VAT rate (%)GDP per capita 2023 (constant 2015 US$)
EuropeHungary2716283
EuropeFinland25.545589
EuropeCroatia2517147
EuropeDenmark2561296
EuropeNorway2578912
EuropeSweden2554450
EuropeGreece2421139
EuropeIceland2459096
EuropeIreland2391648
EuropePoland2317391