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

Liberia: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 76.43 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
76.43
Change on year
down 0.3%
World rank
77th
of 191 countries
All-time high
76.7
in 2016
All-time low
75.88
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 75.92016: 76.72017: 76.72018: 76.72019: 76.4

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Liberia recorded 76.43 for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.7% over five years.

Liberia ranks 77th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Liberia, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 75.88 —
2016 76.7 +1.1%
2017 76.7 +0.0%
2018 76.7 +0.0%
2019 76.43 -0.3%

Liberia compared with similar countries

  • Liberia's 76.43 is above the median for low income countries, which is 58.39, 1.3× the median. (24 countries reporting)
  • Liberia's 76.43 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 57.37, 1.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Liberia

  1. 74 Eswatini 77.07 compare
  2. 75 South Sudan 76.75 compare
  3. 76 Montenegro 76.67 compare
  4. 78 Poland 76.43 compare
  5. 79 Malta 76.17 compare
  6. 80 Marshall Islands 76.1 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Liberia?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Liberia was 76.43 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Liberia?
The highest recorded value was 76.7 in 2016.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Liberia?
The lowest recorded value was 75.88 in 2015.
How does Liberia rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Liberia ranks 77th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Liberia 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.