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

Kiribati: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 71.42 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
71.42
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
99th
of 191 countries
All-time high
72.3
in 2015
All-time low
71.42
in 2016
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 72.32016: 71.42017: 71.42018: 71.42019: 71.4

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Kiribati recorded 71.42 for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is down 1.2% over five years.

That places Kiribati 99th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Kiribati, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 72.3 —
2016 71.42 -1.2%
2017 71.42 +0.0%
2018 71.42 +0.0%
2019 71.42 +0.0%

Kiribati compared with similar countries

  • Kiribati's 71.42 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 61.28, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Kiribati's 71.42 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 74.87, 95% of the median. (28 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Kiribati

  1. 96 Philippines 72.56 compare
  2. 97 Barbados 72.35 compare
  3. 98 Bulgaria 72.32 compare
  4. 100 Belarus 71.19 compare
  5. 101 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 71.09 compare
  6. 102 Fiji 71.08 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Kiribati?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Kiribati was 71.42 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Kiribati?
The highest recorded value was 72.3 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Kiribati?
The lowest recorded value was 71.42 in 2016.
How does Kiribati rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Kiribati ranks 99th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Kiribati 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.