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VAT & GST Rates by Country 2026

Current standard and reduced VAT, GST and consumption tax rates for 100 countries, verified against official and Big-Four sources. Most of the world taxes consumption through a credit-invoice VAT or GST; a handful of jurisdictions use single-stage sales taxes or levy no consumption tax at all.

Access every rate programmatically via the TaxID/api/v1/rates/:countryendpoint — no authentication required.

European Union (27)Rest of Europe (15)Americas (16)Asia-Pacific (19)Middle East (10)Africa (11)Oceania (2)

5%

Lowest standard rate

Canada

17.0%

Average rate

Across 95 countries

27%

Highest standard rate

Hungary

European Union27 countries

CountryTaxStandardReducedCurrency

Austria

AT

VAT20%13%, 10%EURDetails

Belgium

BE

VAT21%12%, 6%EURDetails

Bulgaria

BG

VAT20%9%EURDetails

Croatia

HR

VAT25%13%, 5%EURDetails

Cyprus

CY

VAT19%9%, 5%EURDetails

Czech Republic

CZ

VAT21%12%CZKDetails

Denmark

DK

VAT25%DKKDetails

Estonia

EE

VAT24%13%, 9%EURDetails

Finland

FI

VAT25.5%13.5%, 10%EURDetails

France

FR

VAT20%10%, 5.5%EURDetails

Germany

DE

VAT19%7%EURDetails

Greece

EL

VAT24%13%, 6%EURDetails

Hungary

HU

VAT27%18%, 5%HUFDetails

Ireland

IE

VAT23%13.5%, 9%EURDetails

Italy

IT

VAT22%10%, 5%EURDetails

Latvia

LV

VAT21%12%, 5%EURDetails

Lithuania

LT

VAT21%12%, 5%EURDetails

Luxembourg

LU

VAT17%14%, 8%EURDetails

Malta

MT

VAT18%7%, 5%EURDetails

Netherlands

NL

VAT21%9%EURDetails

Poland

PL

VAT23%8%, 5%PLNDetails

Portugal

PT

VAT23%13%EURDetails

Romania

RO

VAT21%11%RONDetails

Slovakia

SK

VAT23%19%, 5%EURDetails

Slovenia

SI

VAT22%9.5%, 5%EURDetails

Spain

ES

VAT21%10%EURDetails

Sweden

SE

VAT25%12%, 6%SEKDetails

Rest of Europe15 countries

CountryTaxStandardReducedCurrency

Albania

AL

VAT20%6%ALLDetails

Armenia

AM

VAT20%AMDDetails

Azerbaijan

AZ

VAT18%AZNDetails

Bosnia and Herzegovina

BA

VAT17%BAMDetails

Georgia

GE

VAT18%GELDetails

Iceland

IS

VAT24%11%ISKDetails

Moldova

MD

VAT20%12%, 8%MDLDetails

Montenegro

ME

VAT21%15%, 7%EURDetails

North Macedonia

MK

VAT18%10%, 5%MKDDetails

Norway

NO

VAT25%15%, 12%NOKDetails

Russia

RU

VAT22%10%RUBDetails

Serbia

RS

VAT20%10%RSDDetails

Switzerland

CH

VAT8.1%2.6%, 3.8%CHFDetails

Ukraine

UA

VAT20%14%, 7%UAHDetails

United Kingdom

GB

VAT20%5%GBPDetails

Americas16 countries

CountryTaxStandardReducedCurrency

Argentina

AR

VAT21%10.5%ARSDetails

Bolivia

BO

VAT13%BOBDetails

Brazil

BR

VAT17%12%, 7%BRLDetails

Canada

CA

GST5%CADDetails

Chile

CL

VAT19%CLPDetails

Colombia

CO

VAT19%5%COPDetails

Costa Rica

CR

VAT13%4%, 2%, 1%CRCDetails

Dominican Republic

DO

VAT18%16%DOPDetails

Ecuador

EC

VAT15%0%USDDetails

Guatemala

GT

VAT12%GTQDetails

Mexico

MX

VAT16%0%MXNDetails

Panama

PA

VAT7%USDDetails

Paraguay

PY

VAT10%5%PYGDetails

Peru

PE

VAT18%PENDetails

United States

US

Sales Taxno VATUSDDetails

Uruguay

UY

VAT22%10%UYUDetails

Asia-Pacific19 countries

CountryTaxStandardReducedCurrency

Bangladesh

BD

VAT15%10%, 7.5%, 5%BDTDetails

Cambodia

KH

VAT10%KHRDetails

China

CN

VAT13%9%, 6%CNYDetails

Hong Kong

HK

no VATHKDDetails

India

IN

GST18%5%, 0%INRDetails

Indonesia

ID

VAT11%0%IDRDetails

Japan

JP

Consumption Tax10%8%JPYDetails

Kazakhstan

KZ

VAT16%10%, 5%KZTDetails

Malaysia

MY

Sales Tax8%0%MYRDetails

Nepal

NP

VAT13%NPRDetails

Pakistan

PK

VAT18%PKRDetails

Philippines

PH

VAT12%0%PHPDetails

Singapore

SG

GST9%SGDDetails

South Korea

KR

VAT10%0%KRWDetails

Sri Lanka

LK

VAT18%LKRDetails

Taiwan

TW

VAT5%TWDDetails

Thailand

TH

VAT7%THBDetails

Uzbekistan

UZ

VAT12%UZSDetails

Vietnam

VN

VAT10%8%, 5%VNDDetails

Middle East10 countries

CountryTaxStandardReducedCurrency

Bahrain

BH

VAT10%BHDDetails

Israel

IL

VAT18%ILSDetails

Jordan

JO

VAT16%JODDetails

Kuwait

KW

no VATKWDDetails

Lebanon

LB

VAT11%LBPDetails

Oman

OM

VAT5%OMRDetails

Qatar

QA

no VATQARDetails

Saudi Arabia

SA

VAT15%SARDetails

Turkey

TR

VAT20%10%, 1%TRYDetails

United Arab Emirates

AE

VAT5%0%AEDDetails

Africa11 countries

CountryTaxStandardReducedCurrency

Algeria

DZ

VAT19%9%DZDDetails

Egypt

EG

VAT14%5%EGPDetails

Ghana

GH

VAT15%GHSDetails

Ivory Coast

CI

VAT18%9%XOFDetails

Kenya

KE

VAT16%0%KESDetails

Morocco

MA

VAT20%10%MADDetails

Nigeria

NG

VAT7.5%0%NGNDetails

South Africa

ZA

VAT15%0%ZARDetails

Tanzania

TZ

VAT18%0%TZSDetails

Tunisia

TN

VAT19%13%, 7%TNDDetails

Uganda

UG

VAT18%0%UGXDetails

Oceania2 countries

CountryTaxStandardReducedCurrency

Australia

AU

GST10%AUDDetails

New Zealand

NZ

GST15%NZDDetails

Access rates via API

The /api/v1/rates/:country endpoint returns the current rates for any of the 100 covered countries, and /api/v1/rates returns the full dataset. No API key required — responses are cached for 24 hours and served from edge locations.

bash
# No authentication required
curl https://www.taxid.dev/api/v1/rates/DE

# Response:
# {
#   "country_code": "DE",
#   "tax_type": "vat",
#   "standard_rate": 19,
#   "reduced_rates": [7],
#   "currency": "EUR",
#   "last_updated": "2026-01-01"
# }

How VAT and GST systems differ worldwide

Around 175 countries levy a credit-invoice VAT or GST: tax is charged at every stage of the supply chain, and registered businesses deduct the tax they paid on inputs. GST systems (Australia, Canada, India, Singapore, New Zealand) work the same way under a different name, while Japan's consumption tax and Brazil's state-level ICMS are local variants. The main outliers are the United States — which uses state and local retail sales taxes with no federal VAT — Malaysia's single-stage SST, and a few jurisdictions such as Hong Kong with no consumption tax at all.

Why EU VAT rates differ

The EU VAT Directive (2006/112/EC) sets a floor of 15% for standard rates and allows up to two reduced rate tiers (minimum 5%) for listed goods and services. Member states have latitude to apply super-reduced rates (below 5%) and parking rates for categories grandfathered before the Directive, which is why Luxembourg applies a 3% super-reduced rate and Ireland applies a 4.8% rate to livestock.

EU standard rates range from Luxembourg's 17% to Hungary's 27% — a 10-percentage-point spread that can materially affect pricing models for SaaS products sold across the EU. If your platform determines tax treatment at checkout, validating the customer's VAT number first is the correct order of operations: a valid B2B customer applies reverse charge (0% VAT); an invalid or unregistered number means you charge the local standard rate.

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