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

Benin: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 49.28 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
49.28
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
172nd
of 191 countries
All-time high
49.28
in 2015
All-time low
49.28
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

010203040502015201720192015: 49.32016: 49.32017: 49.32018: 49.32019: 49.3

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Benin recorded 49.28 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.

Benin ranks 172nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Benin, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 49.28 —
2016 49.28 +0.0%
2017 49.28 +0.0%
2018 49.28 +0.0%
2019 49.28 +0.0%

Benin compared with similar countries

  • Benin's 49.28 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 61.28, 80% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Benin's 49.28 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 57.37, 86% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Benin

  1. 169 Comoros 49.86 compare
  2. 170 Niger 49.41 compare
  3. 171 Argentina 49.34 compare
  4. 173 Gambia 49.01 compare
  5. 174 Mali 48.92 compare
  6. 175 Togo 47.33 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Benin?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Benin was 49.28 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Benin?
The highest recorded value was 49.28 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Benin?
The lowest recorded value was 49.28 in 2015.
How does Benin rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Benin ranks 172nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Benin 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.