Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

23
jurisdictions
16
with at least one assessed power
JurisdictionPowers assessedTax-to-GDPStandard VAT rate
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel932.9% (2022)18
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta929.4% (2022)18
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco627.1% (2021)20
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia68.1% (2024)15 (5% prior to 1 July 2020)
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan510.0% (2022)For goods:18 For services: Ranges from 15% to 16%โ€ฆ
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช United Arab Emirates50.6% (2024)5
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt, Arab Rep.414.1% (2021)14
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordan415.5% (2023)Sales tax: 16
๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Oman4โ€”5 (subject to specific exemptions and zero ratingsโ€ฆ
๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar4โ€”NA
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia432.5% (2021)19
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Bahrain32.8% (2020)10
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Djibouti2โ€”โ€”
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ Kuwait2โ€”NA
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq11.3% (2019)Sales tax: Varies by good/service (see Iraq's corporateโ€ฆ
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanon111.1% (2024)11
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Afghanistanโ€”9.9% (2017)โ€”
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeriaโ€”โ€”โ€”
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran, Islamic Rep.โ€”โ€”โ€”
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ Libyaโ€”โ€”NA
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ Syrian Arab Republicโ€”โ€”โ€”
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ West Bank and Gazaโ€”โ€”16
๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช Yemen, Rep.โ€”โ€”โ€”

Tax-to-GDP is general government from OECD Revenue Statistics where available (World Bank central-government figures otherwise, which are not comparable with it). VAT wording is PwCโ€™s. A dash means the jurisdiction has not yet been assessed โ€” that is not the same as โ€œnoโ€.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan โ€” tax enforcement powers and burden โ€” Tax Authority Index