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

Bangladesh: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 56.13 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
56.13
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
152nd
of 191 countries
All-time high
56.26
in 2015
All-time low
55.76
in 2016
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02040602015201720192015: 56.32016: 55.82017: 56.12018: 56.12019: 56.1

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Bangladesh is 56.13, measured in 2019.

That represents a change of down 0.2% over five years.

Bangladesh ranks 152nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Bangladesh, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 56.26 —
2016 55.76 -0.9%
2017 56.13 +0.7%
2018 56.13 +0.0%
2019 56.13 +0.0%

Bangladesh compared with similar countries

  • Bangladesh's 56.13 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 61.28, 92% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Bangladesh's 56.13 is below the median for South Asia, which is 63.1, 89% of the median. (6 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Bangladesh

  1. 149 Colombia 58.62 compare
  2. 150 Haiti 57.58 compare
  3. 151 Dominican Republic 57.44 compare
  4. 153 Ghana 56.03 compare
  5. 154 Eritrea 55.9 compare
  6. 155 Burkina Faso 55.89 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Bangladesh?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Bangladesh was 56.13 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Bangladesh?
The highest recorded value was 56.26 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Bangladesh?
The lowest recorded value was 55.76 in 2016.
How does Bangladesh rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Bangladesh ranks 152nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Bangladesh 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.