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

Namibia: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 74.52 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
74.52
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
89th
of 191 countries
All-time high
74.52
in 2015
All-time low
74.52
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 74.52016: 74.52017: 74.52018: 74.52019: 74.5

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Namibia stood at 74.52. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over five years.

Namibia ranks 89th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Namibia, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 74.52
2016 74.52 +0.0%
2017 74.52 +0.0%
2018 74.52 +0.0%
2019 74.52 +0.0%

Namibia compared with similar countries

  • Namibia's 74.52 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 61.28, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Namibia's 74.52 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 57.37, 1.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Namibia

  1. 86 Serbia 75.3 compare
  2. 87 Chile 75.28 compare
  3. 88 Cape Verde 74.85 compare
  4. 90 Yemen 74.13 compare
  5. 91 Brunei 74.03 compare
  6. 92 Syria 73.97 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Namibia?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Namibia was 74.52 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Namibia?
The highest recorded value was 74.52 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Namibia?
The lowest recorded value was 74.52 in 2015.
How does Namibia rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Namibia ranks 89th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Namibia 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
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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.