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

Maldives: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 66.42 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
66.42
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
120th
of 191 countries
All-time high
66.42
in 2018
All-time low
60.08
in 2016
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02040602015201720192015: 60.52016: 60.12017: 66.12018: 66.42019: 66.4

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Maldives is 66.42, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of up 9.8% over five years.

That places Maldives 120th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Maldives, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 60.51 —
2016 60.08 -0.7%
2017 66.08 +10.0%
2018 66.42 +0.5%
2019 66.42 +0.0%

Maldives compared with similar countries

  • Maldives's 66.42 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 71.14, 93% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Maldives's 66.42 is above the median for South Asia, which is 63.1, 1.1× the median. (6 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Maldives

  1. 117 Lebanon 67.55 compare
  2. 118 Kyrgyzstan 67.16 compare
  3. 119 Papua New Guinea 67.15 compare
  4. 121 Mexico 65.81 compare
  5. 122 Peru 65.78 compare
  6. 123 Guyana 65.67 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Maldives?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Maldives was 66.42 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Maldives?
The highest recorded value was 66.42 in 2018.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Maldives?
The lowest recorded value was 60.08 in 2016.
How does Maldives rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Maldives ranks 120th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Maldives 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.