Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 57.44 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
57.44
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
151st
of 191 countries
All-time high
59.86
in 2016
All-time low
57.44
in 2018
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02040602015201720192015: 59.52016: 59.92017: 57.42018: 57.42019: 57.4

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Dominican Republic is 57.44, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of down 3.4% over five years.

Dominican Republic ranks 151st of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Dominican Republic, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 59.49 —
2016 59.86 +0.6%
2017 57.45 -4.0%
2018 57.44 -0.0%
2019 57.44 +0.0%

Dominican Republic compared with similar countries

  • Dominican Republic's 57.44 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 71.14, 81% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Dominican Republic's 57.44 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 64.41, 89% of the median. (33 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Dominican Republic

  1. 148 Ecuador 58.63 compare
  2. 149 Colombia 58.62 compare
  3. 150 Haiti 57.58 compare
  4. 152 Bangladesh 56.13 compare
  5. 153 Ghana 56.03 compare
  6. 154 Eritrea 55.9 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Dominican Republic?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Dominican Republic was 57.44 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Dominican Republic?
The highest recorded value was 59.86 in 2016.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Dominican Republic?
The lowest recorded value was 57.44 in 2018.
How does Dominican Republic rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Dominican Republic ranks 151st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Dominican Republic 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.