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

Malta: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 76.17 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
76.17
Change on year
down 0.0%
World rank
79th
of 191 countries
All-time high
77.52
in 2015
All-time low
76.17
in 2019
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 77.52016: 76.22017: 76.22018: 76.22019: 76.2

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Malta is 76.17, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of down 1.7% over five years.

Malta ranks 79th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Malta, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 77.52 —
2016 76.23 -1.7%
2017 76.19 -0.1%
2018 76.18 -0.0%
2019 76.17 -0.0%

Malta compared with similar countries

  • Malta's 76.17 is below the median for high income countries, which is 83.6, 91% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Malta's 76.17 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 73.97, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Malta

  1. 76 Montenegro 76.67 compare
  2. 77 Liberia 76.43 compare
  3. 78 Poland 76.43 compare
  4. 80 Marshall Islands 76.1 compare
  5. 81 Malaysia 75.96 compare
  6. 82 Indonesia 75.75 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Malta?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Malta was 76.17 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Malta?
The highest recorded value was 77.52 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Malta?
The lowest recorded value was 76.17 in 2019.
How does Malta rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Malta ranks 79th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Malta 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.