Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of revenue) in Argentina
Argentina: Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of revenue) was 9.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Argentina, 1990–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
Argentina recorded 9.1% for taxes on income, profits and capital gains in 2024.
That represents a change of up 6.6% on the previous year and down 34.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Argentina peaked at 19.8% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 2.2%, in 1991.
Argentina ranks 135th of 153 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of revenue) in Argentina, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2.4% | — |
| 1991 | 2.2% | -6.4% |
| 1992 | 3.0% | +35.0% |
| 1993 | 8.1% | +168.7% |
| 1994 | 10.6% | +30.9% |
| 1995 | 10.3% | -3.0% |
| 1996 | 13.2% | +28.2% |
| 1997 | 13.6% | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 15.9% | +16.4% |
| 1999 | 16.2% | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 17.0% | +5.2% |
| 2001 | 18.0% | +5.5% |
| 2002 | 13.0% | -27.5% |
| 2003 | 16.0% | +22.9% |
| 2004 | 18.9% | +17.8% |
| 2005 | 19.8% | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 18.7% | -5.9% |
| 2007 | 14.2% | -23.7% |
| 2008 | 13.1% | -8.1% |
| 2009 | 11.4% | -13.2% |
| 2010 | 11.6% | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 13.0% | +12.6% |
| 2012 | 13.1% | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 13.5% | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 13.8% | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 15.2% | +9.4% |
| 2016 | 12.4% | -18.3% |
| 2017 | 12.9% | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 10.4% | -19.3% |
| 2019 | 8.9% | -15.1% |
| 2020 | 9.4% | +6.3% |
| 2021 | 8.7% | -7.6% |
| 2022 | 10.7% | +23.3% |
| 2023 | 8.5% | -20.7% |
| 2024 | 9.1% | +6.6% |
Argentina compared with similar countries
- Argentina's 9.1% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 22.7%, 40% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Argentina's 9.1% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 25.4%, 36% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of revenue) in Argentina changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +168.7% | 3.0% | 8.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.6% | 2.2% | 16.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 16.0% | 11.4% | 19.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.5% | 8.9% | 15.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.3% | 8.5% | 10.7% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Argentina?
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Argentina was 9.1% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on income, profits and capital gains recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 19.8% in 2005.
- What is the lowest taxes on income, profits and capital gains recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.2% in 1991.
- How does Argentina rank for taxes on income, profits and capital gains?
- Argentina ranks 135th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taxes on income, profits and capital gains rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Argentina data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of revenue). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are taxes payable on the actual or presumed incomes, profits and capital gains. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.