Papua New Guinea vs Sao Tome and Principe: Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score

Papua New Guinea
84.5%
in 2019
Sao Tome and Principe
84.6%
in 2019
Papua New Guinea rank
97th
Sao Tome and Principe rank
95th

Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • Sao Tome and Principe
020406080200520122019

How they compare

Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 84.6% against 84.5% in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 15 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 97th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 95th of 191 countries.

Across the 2 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 1 and Sao Tome and Principe in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea Sao Tome and Principe Difference Ahead
2000s 77.9% 63.4% 14.4% Papua New Guinea
2010s 80.4% 83.8% 3.5% Sao Tome and Principe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score, Papua New Guinea or Sao Tome and Principe?
Sao Tome and Principe, at 84.6% against 84.5% in Papua New Guinea as of 2019.
What is the difference in paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score between Papua New Guinea and Sao Tome and Principe?
0.1%, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Sao Tome and Principe?
15 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2019.
How do Papua New Guinea and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score?
Papua New Guinea ranks 97th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 95th of 191 countries.
Where does this data come from?
The World Bank, published as Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 2,794 data points, 2005–2019
Last refreshed

The score for total tax and contribution rate benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.