Paying taxes (DB06-16 methodology) - Score in Portugal

Portugal: Paying taxes (DB06-16 methodology) - Score was 78.59 in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)
78.59
Change on year
up 0.9%
World rank
62nd
of 183 countries
All-time high
78.59
in 2015
All-time low
74.95
in 2005
Years of data
11
2005–2015

Paying taxes (DB06-16 methodology) - Score in Portugal, 2005–2015

0204060802005201020152005: 752006: 752007: 75.42008: 75.62009: 75.72010: 76.52011: 77.72012: 78.12013: 77.92014: 77.92015: 78.6

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Portugal recorded 78.59 for paying taxes (db06-16 methodology) - score in 2015. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes (db06-16 methodology) - score in Portugal peaked at 78.59 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 74.95, in 2005.

That places Portugal 62nd out of 183 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 75.32 74.95 75.69 5
2010s 77.8 76.54 78.59 6

Countries ranked near Portugal

  1. 59 Spain 79.6 compare
  2. 60 Morocco 78.91 compare
  3. 61 Belarus 78.68 compare
  4. 63 Thailand 78.58 compare
  5. 64 Czechia 78.51 compare
  6. 65 Greece 78.45 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db06-16 methodology) - score in Portugal?
Paying taxes (db06-16 methodology) - score in Portugal was 78.59 in 2015, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db06-16 methodology) - score recorded in Portugal?
The highest recorded value was 78.59 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db06-16 methodology) - score recorded in Portugal?
The lowest recorded value was 74.95 in 2005.
How does Portugal rank for paying taxes (db06-16 methodology) - score?
Portugal ranks 62nd out of 183 countries with data for 2015.
Is paying taxes (db06-16 methodology) - score rising or falling in Portugal?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Portugal data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes (DB06-16 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Paying taxes (DB06-16 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
185 places, 2,006 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.