Ivory Coast or Kuwait: which taxes less?

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

Lighter: Kuwait, ahead by 4.1 FiScore points.

Tax Ivory Coast Kuwait Gap
Corporate income tax headline rate 25% 15% +10.0 points
Personal income tax top bracket 0% to 32% 0% +32.0 points
VAT standard rate 18% 0% +18.0 points

Detailed schedules

Corporate income tax

Ivory Coast

n/a

Kuwait

Foreign-owned companies on foreign profit share 15%
Gulf companies 1% zakat and specific contributions 0%
Multinational groups revenue over €750 M, from 2025 15%

Personal income tax

Ivory Coast

Up to 75,000 XOF per month 0%
75,001 to 240,000 XOF 16%
240,001 to 800,000 XOF 21%
800,001 to 2,400,000 XOF 24%
2,400,001 to 8,000,000 XOF 28%
Over 8,000,000 XOF 32%

Kuwait

n/a

See the Ivory Coast page See the Kuwait page