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

Botswana: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 80.01 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
80.01
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
59th
of 191 countries
All-time high
80.01
in 2017
All-time low
78.78
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 78.82016: 78.82017: 802018: 802019: 80

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Botswana stood at 80.01. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.6% over five years.

That places Botswana 59th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Botswana, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 78.78 —
2016 78.78 +0.0%
2017 80.01 +1.6%
2018 80.01 +0.0%
2019 80.01 +0.0%

Botswana compared with similar countries

  • Botswana's 80.01 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 71.14, 1.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Botswana's 80.01 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 57.37, 1.4× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Botswana

  1. 56 Slovakia 80.62 compare
  2. 57 Hungary 80.57 compare
  3. 58 Russia 80.47 compare
  4. 60 Belize 79.9 compare
  5. 61 France 79.18 compare
  6. 62 Jordan 78.72 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Botswana?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Botswana was 80.01 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Botswana?
The highest recorded value was 80.01 in 2017.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Botswana?
The lowest recorded value was 78.78 in 2015.
How does Botswana rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Botswana ranks 59th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Botswana 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
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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.