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Paying taxes (DB06-16 methodology) - Score by country

The score for paying taxes is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators, the payments, time and total tax and contribution rate for a company to comply with tax laws in an economy. The score is computed based on the methodology in the DB06-16 studies.

Countries reporting
186
Highest
100
Hong Kong
Lowest
12.18
Bolivia
Median
73.1
Years covered
11
2005–2015
Data points
2,013

What the numbers show

Paying taxes (DB06-16 methodology) - Score is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 100 in Hong Kong; the lowest is 12.18 in Bolivia.

The median across all reporting countries is 73.1, and the mean is 70.14.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.

Over the past decade 145 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 399.1%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela (down 36.1%).

Paying taxes (DB06-16 methodology) - Score: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Hong Kong 100 2015 up 0.6% flat
2 Saudi Arabia 99.59 2015 up 7.2% rising
3 United Arab Emirates 99.44 2015 up 5.9% rising
3 Qatar 99.44 2015 down 0.6% flat
5 Singapore 96.56 2015 down 2.3% flat
6 Ireland 95.02 2015 down 0.3% flat
7 Bahrain 94.44 2015 up 7.6% rising
8 North Macedonia 94.17 2015 up 33.7% rising
9 Canada 93 2015 up 12.4% rising
10 Kuwait 92.48 2015 unchanged flat
11 Oman 92.35 2015 down 0.9% flat
12 Mauritius 91.92 2015 up 0.6% flat
13 Denmark 91.83 2015 up 3.6% flat
14 United Kingdom 91.6 2015 up 1.1% flat
15 Norway 91.36 2015 up 1.1% flat
16 Finland 89.38 2015 up 31.6% rising
17 Switzerland 89.13 2015 up 0.6% flat
18 Brunei 89.05 2015 up 7.1% flat
19 South Africa 88.85 2015 up 19.2% rising
20 Kazakhstan 88.58 2015 up 13.8% rising
21 Luxembourg 88.58 2015 up 0.2% flat
22 New Zealand 88.06 2015 up 2.4% flat
23 Kiribati 87.51 2015 down 4.3% flat
24 Bahamas 87.07 2015 up 5.4% flat
25 Croatia 86.91 2015 up 24.1% rising
26 East Timor 86.15 2015 up 66.1% rising
27 Netherlands 85.96 2015 up 23.2% rising
28 Malta 85.85 2015 — flat
29 Latvia 85.75 2015 up 24.5% rising
30 Bhutan 84.99 2015 up 1.2% flat
31 South Korea 84.53 2015 up 11.4% rising
32 Estonia 84.41 2015 up 0.1% flat
33 Slovenia 84.36 2015 up 15.5% rising
34 Malaysia 84.31 2015 up 19.9% rising
35 Azerbaijan 83.77 2015 up 120.3% rising
36 Chile 83.55 2015 up 0.1% flat
37 Sweden 83.46 2015 up 3.2% flat
38 Iceland 83.45 2015 up 13.8% rising
39 Taiwan 82.78 2015 up 15.4% rising
40 Georgia 82.76 2015 up 105.2% rising
41 Australia 82.35 2015 up 4.5% flat
42 Seychelles 81.82 2015 up 9.8% rising
43 Lebanon 81.69 2015 up 2.8% flat
44 Rwanda 81.48 2015 up 9.4% rising
45 Lithuania 81.42 2015 up 5.3% flat
46 Jordan 81.27 2015 up 1.0% flat
47 Guatemala 81.18 2015 up 39.4% rising
48 Cyprus 81.14 2015 up 0.9% flat
49 Peru 81.1 2015 up 13.7% rising
50 United States 80.81 2015 up 11.3% rising
51 Vanuatu 80.79 2015 unchanged flat
52 Romania 80.58 2015 up 80.2% rising
53 Russia 80.48 2015 up 39.8% rising
54 Palestine 80.29 2015 up 8.8% rising
55 Armenia 80.29 2015 up 101.7% rising
56 Turkey 80.18 2015 up 5.6% rising
57 Zambia 79.91 2015 up 8.5% flat
58 Poland 79.73 2015 up 54.4% rising
59 Spain 79.6 2015 up 18.3% rising
60 Morocco 78.91 2015 up 36.6% rising
61 Belarus 78.68 2015 — volatile
62 Portugal 78.59 2015 up 4.9% rising
63 Thailand 78.58 2015 up 16.5% rising
64 Czechia 78.51 2015 up 85.0% rising
65 Greece 78.45 2015 up 18.1% rising
66 Kosovo 78.43 2015 up 2.6% flat
66 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 78.43 2015 up 2.6% flat
68 Solomon Islands 78.42 2015 down 3.4% flat
69 Austria 78.33 2015 up 6.6% flat
70 Belize 78.17 2015 up 12.0% rising
71 Botswana 77.47 2015 down 0.8% flat
72 Iraq 77.28 2015 down 3.1% flat
73 Germany 77 2015 down 0.0% flat
74 Slovakia 76.61 2015 up 31.8% rising
75 Tonga 76.56 2015 down 12.9% falling
76 Suriname 76.45 2015 unchanged flat
77 Moldova 76.43 2015 up 45.9% rising
78 Madagascar 76.32 2015 up 28.5% rising
79 Dominican Republic 75.75 2015 up 43.4% rising
80 Eswatini 75.54 2015 up 0.8% flat
81 Israel 75.47 2015 up 5.4% rising
82 Djibouti 75.41 2015 down 8.6% falling
83 Tunisia 75.36 2015 up 24.7% rising
84 Belgium 75.09 2015 up 2.7% flat
85 Mexico 75.07 2015 up 68.4% rising
86 Saint Lucia 75.04 2015 down 2.0% flat
87 Costa Rica 75 2015 up 71.4% rising
88 Afghanistan 74.79 2015 down 2.3% flat
89 Mongolia 73.79 2015 up 14.7% rising
90 Namibia 73.63 2015 up 11.3% rising
91 Marshall Islands 73.45 2015 up 0.5% flat
92 Cape Verde 73.36 2015 up 28.7% rising
93 Hungary 73.14 2015 up 10.8% rising
94 Cambodia 73.06 2015 down 3.2% flat
95 Uganda 72.76 2015 up 5.1% flat
96 Bulgaria 72.64 2015 up 50.8% rising
97 Japan 72.53 2015 up 10.3% rising
98 France 72.5 2015 up 13.1% rising
99 Dominica 72.49 2015 up 2.2% flat
100 Barbados 72.42 2015 — flat
101 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 72.39 2015 up 1.6% flat
102 Samoa 72.1 2015 unchanged flat
103 Montenegro 71.9 2015 up 53.9% rising
104 Ghana 71.79 2015 up 16.1% rising
105 Malawi 71.51 2015 up 4.2% flat
106 Ukraine 70.9 2015 up 294.6% volatile
107 Paraguay 70.01 2015 up 29.8% rising
108 Lesotho 69.72 2015 up 22.7% rising
109 Burundi 69.45 2015 up 53.3% rising
110 Papua New Guinea 69.39 2015 up 2.1% flat
111 Trinidad and Tobago 68.89 2015 up 6.0% rising
112 Micronesia (country) 68.78 2015 down 0.7% flat
113 Guyana 68.69 2015 up 7.6% rising
114 Liberia 68.3 2015 down 2.9% rising
115 Syria 67.89 2015 up 0.6% flat
116 Iran 67.81 2015 up 3.4% flat
117 Mozambique 67.78 2015 up 1.7% flat
118 Ethiopia 67.22 2015 down 11.3% falling
119 Indonesia 67.11 2015 up 39.6% rising
120 Fiji 66.98 2015 down 1.7% flat
121 Philippines 66.89 2015 up 16.7% rising
122 Yemen 66.73 2015 up 98.4% rising
123 Nepal 66.32 2015 up 8.2% rising
124 Laos 66.1 2015 up 42.4% rising
125 Sierra Leone 65.8 2015 up 87.9% rising
126 Maldives 65.31 2015 down 34.7% falling
127 Uruguay 65.25 2015 up 88.8% rising
128 Kenya 65.23 2015 up 48.1% rising
129 Jamaica 64.88 2015 up 54.5% rising
130 Palau 64.65 2015 down 3.9% flat
131 Grenada 64.46 2015 down 0.0% flat
132 China 64.39 2015 up 304.3% rising
133 Serbia 63.33 2015 up 20.5% rising
134 Puerto Rico 63.22 2015 down 13.5% falling
135 Italy 62.98 2015 up 21.2% rising
136 Ecuador 62.92 2015 down 2.6% flat
137 Sudan 62.34 2015 up 3.6% flat
138 Haiti 61.87 2015 up 0.1% flat
139 Albania 61.83 2015 up 39.4% rising
140 Colombia 61.72 2015 up 399.1% rising
141 Zimbabwe 60.82 2015 down 4.1% rising
142 Saint Kitts and Nevis 60.64 2015 down 9.5% falling
143 Bangladesh 60.23 2015 up 13.5% rising
144 Angola 60.22 2015 up 2.0% flat
145 Mali 60.16 2015 up 33.1% rising
146 El Salvador 59.35 2015 down 2.5% flat
147 Pakistan 59.11 2015 up 12.9% rising
148 Tanzania 59.04 2015 down 2.9% flat
149 Egypt 58.89 2015 up 43.5% rising
150 Guinea-Bissau 58.13 2015 up 8.4% flat
151 Burkina Faso 58.08 2015 up 5.7% rising
152 Bosnia and Herzegovina 57.55 2015 up 23.2% rising
153 Niger 56.9 2015 down 4.7% flat
154 Kyrgyzstan 56.27 2015 up 55.7% rising
155 Sri Lanka 54.92 2015 up 26.6% rising
156 Gabon 54.69 2015 down 0.6% flat
157 Uzbekistan 54.45 2015 up 111.4% rising
158 Antigua and Barbuda 54.35 2015 down 5.3% falling
159 India 53.88 2015 up 34.3% rising
160 Honduras 53.2 2015 up 18.5% rising
161 Nicaragua 52.75 2015 up 38.8% rising
162 Togo 52.25 2015 up 4.1% rising
163 Nigeria 51.74 2015 up 17.3% rising
164 Sao Tome and Principe 51.44 2015 up 9.6% rising
165 Benin 49.26 2015 up 19.1% rising
166 Panama 48.6 2015 up 28.1% rising
167 Gambia 47.96 2015 up 93.2% rising
168 Comoros 47.37 2015 unchanged flat
169 Argentina 44.99 2015 up 244.1% rising
170 Algeria 44.74 2015 up 39.0% rising
171 Tajikistan 43.53 2015 up 76.8% rising
172 Democratic Republic of Congo 43.5 2015 up 32.8% rising
173 Eritrea 43.49 2015 up 1.0% flat
174 Equatorial Guinea 43.21 2015 up 0.0% flat
175 Brazil 42.98 2015 up 2.4% flat
176 Cote d'Ivoire 42.63 2015 up 1.8% flat
177 Vietnam 38.16 2015 down 13.3% falling
178 Cameroon 35.41 2015 up 5.4% rising
179 Guinea 32.25 2015 up 17.4% rising
180 Congo 30.68 2015 up 55.8% rising
181 Senegal 29.83 2015 up 25.0% rising
182 Central African Republic 23.47 2015 up 1.3% rising
183 Mauritania 20.28 2015 up 40.4% rising
184 Chad 19.54 2015 up 48.2% rising
185 Venezuela 13.87 2015 down 36.1% falling
186 Bolivia 12.18 2015 down 21.8% falling

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Paying taxes (DB06-16 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
186 places, 2,013 data points, 2005–2015
Last refreshed

The score for paying taxes is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators, the payments, time and total tax and contribution rate for a company to comply with tax laws in an economy. The score is computed based on the methodology in the DB06-16 studies.