Which has higher tax rate, Ireland or Spain?

Spain, at 8.18 Rate against 7.79 Rate in Ireland as of 2025.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Spain?

26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.

Eurostat, published as Tax rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Ireland

7.79 Rate

in 2025

Spain

8.18 Rate

in 2025

Ireland rank

33rd

Spain rank

32nd

Spain currently reports 8.18 Rate against 7.79 Rate in Ireland, a difference of 0.39 Rate.

That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times Ireland's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 26 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Ireland ahead.

Ireland ranks 33rd and Spain ranks 32nd of 34 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Ireland averaged higher in 2 and Spain in 1.

Decade	Ireland	Spain	Difference	Ahead
2000s	8.08 Rate	10.12 Rate	2.04 Rate	Spain
2010s	11.43 Rate	10 Rate	1.42 Rate	Ireland
2020s	12.24 Rate	7.05 Rate	5.19 Rate	Ireland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Which has higher tax rate, Ireland or Spain?: Spain, at 8.18 Rate against 7.79 Rate in Ireland as of 2025.
What is the difference in tax rate between Ireland and Spain?: 0.39 Rate, with Spain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Spain?: 26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
How do Ireland and Spain rank globally for tax rate?: Ireland ranks 33rd and Spain ranks 32nd of 34 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Eurostat, published as Tax rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.