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

Taiwan: Paying taxes (DB06-16 methodology) - Score was 82.78 in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)
82.78
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
39th
of 186 countries
All-time high
82.9
in 2014
All-time low
67.61
in 2007
Years of data
11
2005–2015

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

0204060802005201020152005: 71.72006: 69.62007: 67.62008: 67.72009: 74.12010: 74.82011: 78.82012: 82.12013: 82.32014: 82.92015: 82.8

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Taiwan recorded 82.78 for paying taxes (db06-16 methodology) - score in 2015.

That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 15.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes (db06-16 methodology) - score in Taiwan peaked at 82.9 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 67.61, in 2007.

Taiwan ranks 39th of 186 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Paying taxes (DB06-16 methodology) - Score in Taiwan, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB06-16 methodology) - Score in Taiwan, 2005 to 2015.
Year Value Change
2005 71.74
2006 69.57 -3.0%
2007 67.61 -2.8%
2008 67.69 +0.1%
2009 74.09 +9.5%
2010 74.81 +1.0%
2011 78.84 +5.4%
2012 82.13 +4.2%
2013 82.34 +0.3%
2014 82.9 +0.7%
2015 82.78 -0.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 70.14 67.61 74.09 5
2010s 80.63 74.81 82.9 6

Countries ranked near Taiwan

  1. 36 Chile 83.55 compare
  2. 37 Sweden 83.46 compare
  3. 38 Iceland 83.45 compare
  4. 40 Georgia 82.76 compare
  5. 41 Australia 82.35 compare
  6. 42 Seychelles 81.82 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db06-16 methodology) - score in Taiwan?
Paying taxes (db06-16 methodology) - score in Taiwan was 82.78 in 2015, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db06-16 methodology) - score recorded in Taiwan?
The highest recorded value was 82.9 in 2014.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db06-16 methodology) - score recorded in Taiwan?
The lowest recorded value was 67.61 in 2007.
How does Taiwan rank for paying taxes (db06-16 methodology) - score?
Taiwan ranks 39th out of 186 countries with data for 2015.
Is paying taxes (db06-16 methodology) - score rising or falling in Taiwan?
Over the last ten years it is up 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Taiwan 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
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.