Comparing EU VAT rates by country

Value-added tax (VAT) is set nationally, not by the EU as a bloc — so the standard rate you owe depends entirely on the destination country, not on where the goods came from or where the seller is based.

Why the rate varies so much

Each EU member state sets its own standard VAT rate within EU-agreed minimums, which is why the same shipment can face a meaningfully different tax bill depending only on which country it's headed to. Hungary's standard rate, for example, is several points higher than Luxembourg's.

Current standard rates

Austria (AT) — 20%
Belgium (BE) — 21%
Bulgaria (BG) — 20%
Croatia (HR) — 25%
Cyprus (CY) — 19%
Czech Republic (CZ) — 21%
Denmark (DK) — 25%
Estonia (EE) — 24%
Finland (FI) — 25.5%
France (FR) — 20%
Germany (DE) — 19%
Greece (GR) — 24%
Hungary (HU) — 27%
Ireland (IE) — 23%
Italy (IT) — 22%
Latvia (LV) — 21%
Lithuania (LT) — 21%
Luxembourg (LU) — 17%
Malta (MT) — 18%
Netherlands (NL) — 21%
Poland (PL) — 23%
Portugal (PT) — 23%
Romania (RO) — 21%
Slovakia (SK) — 23%
Slovenia (SI) — 22%
Spain (ES) — 21%
Sweden (SE) — 25%

What this calculator applies

This site's landed cost calculator uses only the standard rate for each country — not the reduced or super-reduced rates some countries apply to specific categories like food, books, or children's items. If your product qualifies for a reduced rate in the destination country, the real VAT owed will be lower than this tool's estimate.

See exactly where this rate data comes from and how current it is on the Data Sources page.