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

Bahrain: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 100 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
100
Change on year
up 6.5%
World rank
1st
of 191 countries
All-time high
100
in 2019
All-time low
93.89
in 2017
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060801002015201720192015: 94.42016: 94.42017: 93.92018: 93.92019: 100

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Bahrain is 100, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of up 6.5% on the previous year and up 5.9% over five years.

Bahrain ranks 1st of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Bahrain, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 94.44 —
2016 94.44 +0.0%
2017 93.89 -0.6%
2018 93.89 +0.0%
2019 100 +6.5%

Bahrain compared with similar countries

  • Bahrain's 100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 83.6, 1.2× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Bahrain's 100 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 73.97, 1.4× the median. (23 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Bahrain

  1. 2 Hong Kong 99.71 compare
  2. 3 Qatar 99.44 compare
  3. 4 Ireland 94.59 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Bahrain?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Bahrain was 100 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Bahrain?
The highest recorded value was 100 in 2019.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Bahrain?
The lowest recorded value was 93.89 in 2017.
How does Bahrain rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Bahrain ranks 1st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Bahrain 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.