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

Norway: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 85.13 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
85.13
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
33rd
of 191 countries
All-time high
85.13
in 2019
All-time low
84.18
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 84.22016: 84.22017: 84.82018: 84.82019: 85.1

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Norway stood at 85.13. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.1% over five years.

Norway ranks 33rd of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Norway, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 84.18 —
2016 84.2 +0.0%
2017 84.83 +0.8%
2018 84.84 +0.0%
2019 85.13 +0.3%

Norway compared with similar countries

  • Norway's 85.13 is above the median for high income countries, which is 83.6, 1.0× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Norway's 85.13 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 82.16, 1.0× the median. (49 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Norway

  1. 30 Sweden 85.28 compare
  2. 31 Romania 85.22 compare
  3. 32 Moldova 85.16 compare
  4. 34 Spain 84.74 compare
  5. 35 Seychelles 84.72 compare
  6. 36 North Macedonia 84.72 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Norway?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Norway was 85.13 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Norway?
The highest recorded value was 85.13 in 2019.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Norway?
The lowest recorded value was 84.18 in 2015.
How does Norway rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Norway ranks 33rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Norway 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.