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

Mauritania: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 42.63 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
42.63
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
178th
of 191 countries
All-time high
42.63
in 2017
All-time low
19.51
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0102030402015201720192015: 19.52016: 36.52017: 42.62018: 42.62019: 42.6

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Mauritania stood at 42.63. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is up 118.6% over five years.

That places Mauritania 178th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Mauritania, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 19.51
2016 36.48 +87.0%
2017 42.63 +16.9%
2018 42.63 +0.0%
2019 42.63 +0.0%

Mauritania compared with similar countries

  • Mauritania's 42.63 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 61.28, 70% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Mauritania's 42.63 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 57.37, 74% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Mauritania

  1. 175 Togo 47.33 compare
  2. 176 Nepal 47.15 compare
  3. 177 Panama 46.68 compare
  4. 179 Afghanistan 42.16 compare
  5. 180 Equatorial Guinea 41.54 compare
  6. 181 Democratic Republic of Congo 40.93 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Mauritania?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Mauritania was 42.63 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Mauritania?
The highest recorded value was 42.63 in 2017.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Mauritania?
The lowest recorded value was 19.51 in 2015.
How does Mauritania rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Mauritania ranks 178th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Mauritania 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.