Botswana or United States: which taxes less?

Both tax systems side by side, headline rates and the gap between them.

Lighter: Botswana, ahead by 0.7 FiScore point.

Tax Botswana United States Gap
Corporate income tax headline rate 22% 21% +1.0 points
Personal income tax top bracket 0% to 25% 10% to 37% −12.0 points
VAT standard rate 12% 11.73% +0.3 points

Detailed schedules

Corporate income tax

Botswana

General regime 22%
International financial services center and approved industry 15%

United States

Federal tax 21%
State tax 0% to over 9% depending on the state n/a
See the Botswana page See the United States page