GST, VAT & sales tax rates by country
The standard consumption-tax rate for 88 countries, at a glance — plus reduced rates, local names, and how income and company tax compare.
Consumption-tax rates range from 5% (UAE, Canada’s federal GST) to 27% (Hungary, the world’s highest VAT). Most of Europe sits between 19% and 25%; the GST economies (Australia 10%, Singapore 9%, New Zealand 15%) are lower and broader. The United States has no national rate at all — only state and local sales tax.
Standard GST/VAT rates are cross-checked against the EY Worldwide VAT/GST Guide; rows with a source link are verified against that authority's published rate, and rows marked citation pending are not yet. Income and company figures are indicative reference rates. General information, 2026 — not tax advice.
The table, answered
Questions people ask about these rates
- How often are these rates checked?
- The table shows the date its rates were last confirmed against the source, rather than promising a schedule. Standard rates come from a maintained rate ledger cross-checked against the EY Worldwide VAT/GST Guide 2026, and each country row names the authority it was checked against, with a link where one is on file. The page is rebuilt whenever the ledger is regenerated and republished, and the year in the title only rolls forward when the data has been re-verified.
- Is this the standard rate or the reduced rate?
- Both, in separate columns. The highlighted Standard column is the headline rate that applies to most goods and services; Reduced lists the lower rates a country applies to particular categories, or a dash where it has none. Which rate applies to a given item is set by each country’s own rules, so use the standard rate unless you know the item sits in a reduced category.
- Are these rates the same as what my accountant uses?
- For the standard GST or VAT rate, yes — it is the published national rate, and each row links to the authority that publishes it so you can check. The income and company columns are indicative reference figures for comparison, not the bands, thresholds and offsets your accountant works through, so treat those as context. This page is general information, not tax advice.
- Why do some rows say the citation is pending?
- Because that rate has been published but not yet verified against a linked official source, and the row says so rather than printing a made-up authority name. A row that reads “Source:” with a link has been checked against that authority; “Rate published by” names the authority while the link is still to come. Either way the rate is shown; only the verification differs.
- Which countries does the table cover?
- 88 countries, grouped by region, from the same rate engine that powers the free calculators and the comparison tool on this site — so a rate you see here is the rate Fin applies there. A country with no single national rate shows that in the Standard column instead of a number, and the Type column tells you whether the tax is a GST, a VAT or a sales tax.
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