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

Ghana: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 56.03 in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
56.03
Change on year
down 16.1%
World rank
150th
of 188 countries
All-time high
66.77
in 2018
All-time low
56.03
in 2019
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02040602015201720192015: 66.22016: 66.22017: 66.52018: 66.82019: 56

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Ghana stood at 56.03. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is down 16.1% on the previous year and down 15.4% over five years.

That places Ghana 150th out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Countries ranked near Ghana

  1. 147 Haiti 57.58 compare
  2. 148 Dominican Republic 57.44 compare
  3. 149 Bangladesh 56.13 compare
  4. 151 Eritrea 55.9 compare
  5. 152 Burkina Faso 55.89 compare
  6. 153 Guinea-Bissau 55.16 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Ghana?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Ghana was 56.03 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Ghana?
The highest recorded value was 66.77 in 2018.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Ghana?
The lowest recorded value was 56.03 in 2019.
How does Ghana rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Ghana ranks 150th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Ghana 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
190 places, 950 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.