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

Pakistan: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 52.93 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
52.93
Change on year
up 12.5%
World rank
159th
of 188 countries
All-time high
52.93
in 2019
All-time low
46.42
in 2017
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02040602015201720192015: 472016: 46.62017: 46.42018: 472019: 52.9

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Pakistan recorded 52.93 for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of up 12.5% on the previous year and up 12.7% over five years.

That places Pakistan 159th out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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  5. 161 Puerto Rico 52.01 compare
  6. 162 Sudan 51.8 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Pakistan?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Pakistan was 52.93 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Pakistan?
The highest recorded value was 52.93 in 2019.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Pakistan?
The lowest recorded value was 46.42 in 2017.
How does Pakistan rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Pakistan ranks 159th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Pakistan 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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Indicator
Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 950 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.