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

Hungary: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 80.57 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
80.57
Change on year
up 1.7%
World rank
57th
of 191 countries
All-time high
80.57
in 2019
All-time low
70.84
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 70.82016: 71.62017: 772018: 79.22019: 80.6

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Hungary stood at 80.57. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 13.7% over five years.

That places Hungary 57th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Hungary, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 70.84
2016 71.56 +1.0%
2017 76.97 +7.6%
2018 79.22 +2.9%
2019 80.57 +1.7%

Hungary compared with similar countries

  • Hungary's 80.57 is below the median for high income countries, which is 83.6, 96% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Hungary's 80.57 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 82.16, 98% of the median. (49 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Hungary

  1. 54 Czechia 81.35 compare
  2. 55 South Africa 81.25 compare
  3. 56 Slovakia 80.62 compare
  4. 58 Russia 80.47 compare
  5. 59 Botswana 80.01 compare
  6. 60 Belize 79.9 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Hungary?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Hungary was 80.57 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Hungary?
The highest recorded value was 80.57 in 2019.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Hungary?
The lowest recorded value was 70.84 in 2015.
How does Hungary rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Hungary ranks 57th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Hungary 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
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.