Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 55.16 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
55.16
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
156th
of 191 countries
All-time high
55.16
in 2015
All-time low
55.16
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02040602015201720192015: 55.22016: 55.22017: 55.22018: 55.22019: 55.2

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Guinea-Bissau recorded 55.16 for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over five years.

Guinea-Bissau ranks 156th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Guinea-Bissau, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 55.16 —
2016 55.16 +0.0%
2017 55.16 +0.0%
2018 55.16 +0.0%
2019 55.16 +0.0%

Guinea-Bissau compared with similar countries

  • Guinea-Bissau's 55.16 is below the median for low income countries, which is 58.39, 94% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
  • Guinea-Bissau's 55.16 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 57.37, 96% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau

  1. 153 Ghana 56.03 compare
  2. 154 Eritrea 55.9 compare
  3. 155 Burkina Faso 55.89 compare
  4. 157 Egypt 55.14 compare
  5. 158 Laos 54.22 compare
  6. 159 Algeria 53.85 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Guinea-Bissau?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Guinea-Bissau was 55.16 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
The highest recorded value was 55.16 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
The lowest recorded value was 55.16 in 2015.
How does Guinea-Bissau rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Guinea-Bissau ranks 156th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Guinea-Bissau 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
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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.