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

Bulgaria: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 72.32 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
72.32
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
98th
of 191 countries
All-time high
72.32
in 2019
All-time low
72
in 2018
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 72.12016: 72.12017: 72.12018: 722019: 72.3

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Bulgaria recorded 72.32 for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 0.3% over five years.

That places Bulgaria 98th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Bulgaria, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 72.12
2016 72.12 -0.0%
2017 72.09 -0.0%
2018 72 -0.1%
2019 72.32 +0.4%

Bulgaria compared with similar countries

  • Bulgaria's 72.32 is below the median for high income countries, which is 83.6, 87% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Bulgaria's 72.32 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 82.16, 88% of the median. (49 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Bulgaria

  1. 95 Kenya 72.79 compare
  2. 96 Philippines 72.56 compare
  3. 97 Barbados 72.35 compare
  4. 99 Kiribati 71.42 compare
  5. 100 Belarus 71.19 compare
  6. 101 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 71.09 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Bulgaria?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Bulgaria was 72.32 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Bulgaria?
The highest recorded value was 72.32 in 2019.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Bulgaria?
The lowest recorded value was 72 in 2018.
How does Bulgaria rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Bulgaria ranks 98th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Bulgaria 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.