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

Denmark: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 91.14 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
91.14
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
8th
of 191 countries
All-time high
91.14
in 2015
All-time low
91.14
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060801002015201720192015: 91.12016: 91.12017: 91.12018: 91.12019: 91.1

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Denmark stood at 91.14. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over five years.

That places Denmark 8th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Denmark, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 91.14 —
2016 91.14 +0.0%
2017 91.14 +0.0%
2018 91.14 +0.0%
2019 91.14 +0.0%

Denmark compared with similar countries

  • Denmark's 91.14 is above the median for high income countries, which is 83.6, 1.1× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Denmark's 91.14 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 82.16, 1.1× the median. (49 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Denmark

  1. 5 Mauritius 93.96 compare
  2. 6 Kuwait 92.48 compare
  3. 7 Singapore 91.58 compare
  4. 9 New Zealand 91.05 compare
  5. 10 Finland 90.89 compare
  6. 11 Oman 90.16 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Denmark?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Denmark was 91.14 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Denmark?
The highest recorded value was 91.14 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Denmark?
The lowest recorded value was 91.14 in 2015.
How does Denmark rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Denmark ranks 8th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Denmark 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.