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

Belize: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 79.9 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
79.9
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
60th
of 191 countries
All-time high
79.9
in 2015
All-time low
79.9
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 79.92016: 79.92017: 79.92018: 79.92019: 79.9

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Belize recorded 79.9 for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over five years.

That places Belize 60th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Belize, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 79.9 —
2016 79.9 +0.0%
2017 79.9 +0.0%
2018 79.9 +0.0%
2019 79.9 +0.0%

Belize compared with similar countries

  • Belize's 79.9 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 71.14, 1.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Belize's 79.9 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 64.41, 1.2× the median. (33 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Belize

  1. 57 Hungary 80.57 compare
  2. 58 Russia 80.47 compare
  3. 59 Botswana 80.01 compare
  4. 61 France 79.18 compare
  5. 62 Jordan 78.72 compare
  6. 63 Saudi Arabia 78.66 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Belize?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Belize was 79.9 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Belize?
The highest recorded value was 79.9 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Belize?
The lowest recorded value was 79.9 in 2015.
How does Belize rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Belize ranks 60th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Belize 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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Indicator
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.