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

Mexico: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 65.81 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
65.81
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
121st
of 191 countries
All-time high
66.7
in 2016
All-time low
65.57
in 2018
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02040602015201720192015: 66.42016: 66.72017: 66.52018: 65.62019: 65.8

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Mexico stood at 65.81.

That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and down 0.9% over five years.

Mexico ranks 121st of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Mexico, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 66.43 —
2016 66.7 +0.4%
2017 66.48 -0.3%
2018 65.57 -1.4%
2019 65.81 +0.4%

Mexico compared with similar countries

  • Mexico's 65.81 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 71.14, 93% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Mexico's 65.81 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 64.41, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Mexico

  1. 118 Kyrgyzstan 67.16 compare
  2. 119 Papua New Guinea 67.15 compare
  3. 120 Maldives 66.42 compare
  4. 122 Peru 65.78 compare
  5. 123 Guyana 65.67 compare
  6. 124 Albania 65.15 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Mexico?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Mexico was 65.81 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Mexico?
The highest recorded value was 66.7 in 2016.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Mexico?
The lowest recorded value was 65.57 in 2018.
How does Mexico rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Mexico ranks 121st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Mexico 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.