Growth Metrics

Coca Cola (KO) Tax Rate (2016 - 2025)

Coca Cola has reported Tax Rate over the past 17 years, most recently at 21.81% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Tax Rate at 21.81% for Q4 2025, up 68.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 17.88% (down 74.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 17.88%, down 74.0%.
  • Tax Rate for Q4 2025 was 21.81% at Coca Cola, up from 11.95% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Tax Rate for KO hit a ceiling of 27.47% in Q3 2021 and a floor of 11.95% in Q3 2025.
  • Median Tax Rate over the past 5 years was 18.22% (2021), compared with a mean of 18.54%.
  • Peak annual rise in Tax Rate hit 1124bps in 2021, while the deepest fall reached -2034bps in 2021.
  • Coca Cola's Tax Rate stood at 17.23% in 2021, then grew by 3bps to 17.76% in 2022, then grew by 13bps to 19.98% in 2023, then grew by 6bps to 21.13% in 2024, then rose by 3bps to 21.81% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Tax Rate were 21.81% (Q4 2025), 11.95% (Q3 2025), and 20.7% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.