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

Ireland: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 94.59 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
94.59
Change on year
down 0.0%
World rank
4th
of 191 countries
All-time high
94.62
in 2015
All-time low
94.59
in 2019
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060801002015201720192015: 94.62016: 94.62017: 94.62018: 94.62019: 94.6

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Ireland stood at 94.59. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of down 0.0% over five years.

That places Ireland 4th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Ireland, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 94.62
2016 94.62 +0.0%
2017 94.62 +0.0%
2018 94.62 +0.0%
2019 94.59 -0.0%

Ireland compared with similar countries

  • Ireland's 94.59 is above the median for high income countries, which is 83.6, 1.1× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Ireland's 94.59 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 82.16, 1.2× the median. (49 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Ireland

  1. 1 Bahrain 100 compare
  2. 2 Hong Kong 99.71 compare
  3. 3 Qatar 99.44 compare
  4. 5 Mauritius 93.96 compare
  5. 6 Kuwait 92.48 compare
  6. 7 Singapore 91.58 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Ireland?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Ireland was 94.59 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Ireland?
The highest recorded value was 94.62 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Ireland?
The lowest recorded value was 94.59 in 2019.
How does Ireland rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Ireland ranks 4th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Ireland 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.