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

China: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 70.06 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
70.06
Change on year
up 3.2%
World rank
106th
of 191 countries
All-time high
70.06
in 2019
All-time low
60.5
in 2016
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 60.52016: 60.52017: 61.72018: 67.92019: 70.1

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in China stood at 70.06. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.2% on the previous year and up 15.7% over five years.

China ranks 106th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in China, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 60.54
2016 60.5 -0.1%
2017 61.68 +2.0%
2018 67.89 +10.1%
2019 70.06 +3.2%

China compared with similar countries

  • China's 70.06 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 71.14, 98% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • China's 70.06 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 74.87, 94% of the median. (28 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near China

  1. 103 Tonga 70.56 compare
  2. 104 Uruguay 70.31 compare
  3. 105 Guatemala 70.3 compare
  4. 107 Angola 69.54 compare
  5. 108 Suriname 69.44 compare
  6. 109 Tunisia 69.43 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in China?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in China was 70.06 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in China?
The highest recorded value was 70.06 in 2019.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in China?
The lowest recorded value was 60.5 in 2016.
How does China rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
China ranks 106th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this China 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.