Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Argentina
Argentina: Taxes on income, profits and capital gains was 14.7% 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 total taxes.
Analysis
In 2024, taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Argentina stood at 14.7%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.8% on the previous year and down 40.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Argentina peaked at 27.2% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 5.0%, in 1991.
That places Argentina 144th out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 in Argentina, year by year
| Year | % of total taxes | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 5.1% | — |
| 1991 | 5.0% | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 6.7% | +34.1% |
| 1993 | 15.3% | +128.7% |
| 1994 | 19.4% | +27.1% |
| 1995 | 18.0% | -7.6% |
| 1996 | 21.1% | +17.5% |
| 1997 | 21.3% | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 24.2% | +13.3% |
| 1999 | 25.0% | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 25.1% | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 26.6% | +5.8% |
| 2002 | 18.7% | -29.6% |
| 2003 | 22.0% | +17.9% |
| 2004 | 24.2% | +9.8% |
| 2005 | 25.2% | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 25.0% | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 20.6% | -17.8% |
| 2008 | 18.7% | -9.2% |
| 2009 | 19.2% | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 19.2% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 20.8% | +8.4% |
| 2012 | 21.5% | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 23.3% | +8.7% |
| 2014 | 24.5% | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 27.2% | +11.0% |
| 2016 | 21.9% | -19.7% |
| 2017 | 22.9% | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 18.9% | -17.5% |
| 2019 | 15.2% | -19.6% |
| 2020 | 15.4% | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 14.6% | -5.0% |
| 2022 | 17.4% | +18.8% |
| 2023 | 15.3% | -12.1% |
| 2024 | 14.7% | -3.8% |
Argentina compared with similar countries
- Argentina's 14.7% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 37.1%, 40% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Argentina's 14.7% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 36.0%, 41% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 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 | +128.7% | 6.7% | 15.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16.1% | 5.0% | 25.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 22.5% | 18.7% | 26.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.5% | 15.2% | 27.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.5% | 14.6% | 17.4% | 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 14.7% 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 27.2% in 2015.
- What is the lowest taxes on income, profits and capital gains recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.0% in 1991.
- How does Argentina rank for taxes on income, profits and capital gains?
- Argentina ranks 144th 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 40.1%. 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 total taxes). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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 total taxes which includes all compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units.