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

Egypt: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 55.14 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
55.14
Change on year
up 4.9%
World rank
157th
of 191 countries
All-time high
55.14
in 2019
All-time low
50.51
in 2017
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02040602015201720192015: 50.82016: 51.42017: 50.52018: 52.62019: 55.1

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Egypt recorded 55.14 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 4.9% on the previous year and up 8.5% over five years.

That places Egypt 157th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Egypt, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 50.82 —
2016 51.37 +1.1%
2017 50.51 -1.7%
2018 52.55 +4.1%
2019 55.14 +4.9%

Egypt compared with similar countries

  • Egypt's 55.14 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 61.28, 90% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Egypt's 55.14 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 73.97, 75% of the median. (23 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Egypt

  1. 154 Eritrea 55.9 compare
  2. 155 Burkina Faso 55.89 compare
  3. 156 Guinea-Bissau 55.16 compare
  4. 158 Laos 54.22 compare
  5. 159 Algeria 53.85 compare
  6. 160 Nigeria 53.68 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Egypt?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Egypt was 55.14 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Egypt?
The highest recorded value was 55.14 in 2019.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Egypt?
The lowest recorded value was 50.51 in 2017.
How does Egypt rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Egypt ranks 157th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Egypt 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.