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

Guatemala: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 70.3 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
70.3
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
105th
of 191 countries
All-time high
70.3
in 2017
All-time low
69.15
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 69.12016: 702017: 70.32018: 70.32019: 70.3

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Guatemala stood at 70.3. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is up 1.7% over five years.

Guatemala ranks 105th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Guatemala, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 69.15 —
2016 69.99 +1.2%
2017 70.3 +0.4%
2018 70.3 +0.0%
2019 70.3 +0.0%

Guatemala compared with similar countries

  • Guatemala's 70.3 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 71.14, 99% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Guatemala's 70.3 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 64.41, 1.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Guatemala

  1. 102 Fiji 71.08 compare
  2. 103 Tonga 70.56 compare
  3. 104 Uruguay 70.31 compare
  4. 106 China 70.06 compare
  5. 107 Angola 69.54 compare
  6. 108 Suriname 69.44 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Guatemala?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Guatemala was 70.3 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Guatemala?
The highest recorded value was 70.3 in 2017.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Guatemala?
The lowest recorded value was 69.15 in 2015.
How does Guatemala rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Guatemala ranks 105th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Guatemala 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.