Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in South Korea
South Korea: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 87.42 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in South Korea, 2015–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in South Korea stood at 87.42. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 0.6% over five years.
South Korea ranks 21st of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in South Korea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 86.88 | — |
| 2016 | 86.9 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 86.92 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 86.91 | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 87.42 | +0.6% |
South Korea compared with similar countries
- South Korea's 87.42 is above the median for high income countries, which is 83.6, 1.0× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- South Korea's 87.42 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 74.87, 1.2× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near South Korea
- 18 Lithuania 88.81 compare
- 19 Canada 88.05 compare
- 20 Switzerland 87.66 compare
- 22 Netherlands 87.41 compare
- 23 Luxembourg 87.37 compare
- 24 Morocco 87.22 compare
More reference data data for South Korea
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.9638 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.9281 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 3.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.2074 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 3.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 3.23 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 4.37 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 5.17 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 19.85 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.13 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in South Korea?
- Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in South Korea was 87.42 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in South Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 87.42 in 2019.
- What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in South Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 86.88 in 2015.
- How does South Korea rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
- South Korea ranks 21st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this South Korea 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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About this data
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.