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

Brunei: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 74.03 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
74.03
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
91st
of 191 countries
All-time high
74.03
in 2018
All-time low
66.79
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 66.82016: 68.92017: 69.42018: 742019: 74

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Brunei recorded 74.03 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 up 10.8% over five years.

Brunei ranks 91st of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Brunei, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 66.79 —
2016 68.91 +3.2%
2017 69.41 +0.7%
2018 74.03 +6.7%
2019 74.03 +0.0%

Brunei compared with similar countries

  • Brunei's 74.03 is below the median for high income countries, which is 83.6, 89% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Brunei's 74.03 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 74.87, 99% of the median. (28 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Brunei

  1. 88 Cape Verde 74.85 compare
  2. 89 Namibia 74.52 compare
  3. 90 Yemen 74.13 compare
  4. 92 Syria 73.97 compare
  5. 93 Uganda 73.1 compare
  6. 94 Sierra Leone 72.97 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Brunei?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Brunei was 74.03 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Brunei?
The highest recorded value was 74.03 in 2018.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Brunei?
The lowest recorded value was 66.79 in 2015.
How does Brunei rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Brunei ranks 91st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Brunei 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.