How the rates are kept
Every figure on this site and in the app comes from one dataset. This page explains where it comes from, how it is checked, and where it falls short.
Sources
The primary reference is PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries, specifically its capital gains and personal income tax quick charts, supplemented by jurisdiction-specific legislative reporting for changes that took effect in 2025 and 2026. Where a country taxes crypto as income rather than as a capital gain, the figure shown is the top marginal rate, because that is the rate a meaningful gain is most likely to reach.
Verification
The most recent verification pass was completed on 31 July 2026. It checked roughly eighty of the 88 jurisdictions against current sources and corrected fifteen of them, including France, Italy and Brazil (all changed on 1 January 2026), Thailand's five-year exemption, and South Korea's deferral. Tax law moves faster than any dataset, so the figures are re-checked before every app release.
What a headline rate cannot show
The calculator applies one headline rate to the whole gain. It does not model tax brackets, annual allowances, surcharges, loss offsets, residency tests, or the difference between investing and trading as a business. Those details can move the real figure a long way, which is why every result is labelled an estimate.
Pending changes, deliberately not applied
A rate is only changed once the new law is in force. The following are known and waiting:
- Japan: Pending, not yet applied: separate taxation at 20.315% is scheduled from 1 January 2028.
- Netherlands: Box 3 taxes a deemed return on total wealth, not a realised gain. The 2.0% figure approximates the annual burden on holdings. It is not a capital gains rate.
- South Korea: Pending, not yet applied: a 22% rate is scheduled from 1 January 2027.
- Indonesia: Held at zero. Indonesia charges a small final tax on each crypto transaction (around 0.1%), which a gains-rate model cannot express.
- Denmark: Pending, not yet applied: a 42% tax on unrealised gains has been proposed but not enacted.
- Vietnam: Held at zero. Crypto was only formally recognised on 1 January 2026 and no individual rate is settled yet.
- Greece: Pending, not yet applied: a 15% rate has been drafted but has not passed parliament.
- Turkey: Held at zero. A 40% general rate exists, but Turkey has no crypto-specific capital gains tax on individuals today.
- Ukraine: The legislation behind the 23% rate (18% income tax plus a 5% military levy) had its second reading delayed. Confirm it is in force before relying on it.
Not covered by any source consulted
Afghanistan, Laos, Maldives, Belize, Dominica, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu. These are carried at the rate their general reputation suggests and are marked as unconfirmed on their own pages.
Report a rate
If a figure looks wrong, tell us through the contact form on the home page. Corrections from people who live under a regime are the most useful input this project gets.