Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Australia

Australia: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 85.67 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
85.67
Change on year
up 0.0%
World rank
28th
of 191 countries
All-time high
85.67
in 2019
All-time low
85.59
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Australia, 2015–2019

0204060802015201720192015: 85.62016: 85.62017: 85.62018: 85.62019: 85.7

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Australia stood at 85.67. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% over five years.

That places Australia 28th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Australia, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Australia, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 85.59
2016 85.6 +0.0%
2017 85.62 +0.0%
2018 85.64 +0.0%
2019 85.67 +0.0%

Australia compared with similar countries

  • Australia's 85.67 is above the median for high income countries, which is 83.6, 1.0× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Australia's 85.67 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 74.87, 1.1× the median. (28 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Australia

  1. 25 United States 86.76 compare
  2. 26 Turkey 86.64 compare
  3. 27 United Kingdom 86.18 compare
  4. 29 Cyprus 85.48 compare
  5. 30 Sweden 85.28 compare
  6. 31 Romania 85.22 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Australia?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Australia was 85.67 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Australia?
The highest recorded value was 85.67 in 2019.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Australia?
The lowest recorded value was 85.59 in 2015.
How does Australia rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Australia ranks 28th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Australia data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 955 data points, 2015–2019
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, as well as the postfiling procedures to request and process a VAT refund claim and to comply with and complete a corporate income tax correction. The score is computed based on the methodology in the DB17-20 studies.