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

Guinea: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 35.49 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
35.49
Change on year
down 8.8%
World rank
184th
of 191 countries
All-time high
38.93
in 2016
All-time low
27.38
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0102030402015201720192015: 27.42016: 38.92017: 38.92018: 38.92019: 35.5

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Guinea stood at 35.49.

That represents a change of down 8.8% on the previous year and up 29.6% over five years.

That places Guinea 184th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Guinea, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 27.38
2016 38.93 +42.2%
2017 38.93 +0.0%
2018 38.93 +0.0%
2019 35.49 -8.8%

Guinea compared with similar countries

  • Guinea's 35.49 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 61.28, 58% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Guinea's 35.49 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 57.37, 62% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Guinea

  1. 181 Democratic Republic of Congo 40.93 compare
  2. 182 Cameroon 36.34 compare
  3. 183 Gabon 35.92 compare
  4. 185 Brazil 34.4 compare
  5. 186 Congo 26.79 compare
  6. 187 Bolivia 21.62 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Guinea?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Guinea was 35.49 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Guinea?
The highest recorded value was 38.93 in 2016.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Guinea?
The lowest recorded value was 27.38 in 2015.
How does Guinea rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Guinea ranks 184th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Guinea 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.