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

Malawi: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 62.37 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
62.37
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
136th
of 191 countries
All-time high
62.37
in 2019
All-time low
61.87
in 2016
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02040602015201720192015: 622016: 61.92017: 61.92018: 622019: 62.4

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Malawi is 62.37, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 0.6% over five years.

That places Malawi 136th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Malawi, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 61.98 —
2016 61.87 -0.2%
2017 61.87 +0.0%
2018 62.05 +0.3%
2019 62.37 +0.5%

Malawi compared with similar countries

  • Malawi's 62.37 is above the median for low income countries, which is 58.39, 1.1× the median. (24 countries reporting)
  • Malawi's 62.37 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 57.37, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Malawi

  1. 133 Ethiopia 63.26 compare
  2. 134 Djibouti 62.73 compare
  3. 135 Madagascar 62.62 compare
  4. 137 East Timor 61.95 compare
  5. 138 Sao Tome and Principe 61.8 compare
  6. 139 Cambodia 61.28 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Malawi?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Malawi was 62.37 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Malawi?
The highest recorded value was 62.37 in 2019.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Malawi?
The lowest recorded value was 61.87 in 2016.
How does Malawi rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Malawi ranks 136th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Malawi 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.