Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Hong Kong

Hong Kong: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 99.71 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
99.71
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
2nd
of 191 countries
All-time high
99.71
in 2015
All-time low
99.71
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060801002015201720192015: 99.72016: 99.72017: 99.72018: 99.72019: 99.7

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Hong Kong stood at 99.71. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is unchanged over five years.

That places Hong Kong 2nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Hong Kong, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 99.71 —
2016 99.71 +0.0%
2017 99.71 +0.0%
2018 99.71 +0.0%
2019 99.71 +0.0%

Hong Kong compared with similar countries

  • Hong Kong's 99.71 is above the median for high income countries, which is 83.6, 1.2× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Hong Kong's 99.71 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 74.87, 1.3× the median. (28 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Hong Kong

  1. 1 Bahrain 100 compare
  2. 3 Qatar 99.44 compare
  3. 4 Ireland 94.59 compare
  4. 5 Mauritius 93.96 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Hong Kong?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Hong Kong was 99.71 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Hong Kong?
The highest recorded value was 99.71 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Hong Kong?
The lowest recorded value was 99.71 in 2015.
How does Hong Kong rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Hong Kong ranks 2nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Hong Kong 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.