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

Romania: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 85.22 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
85.22
Change on year
up 6.1%
World rank
31st
of 191 countries
All-time high
85.22
in 2019
All-time low
79.64
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 79.62016: 80.42017: 80.32018: 80.32019: 85.2

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Romania stood at 85.22. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of up 6.1% on the previous year and up 7.0% over five years.

Romania ranks 31st of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Romania, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 79.64
2016 80.37 +0.9%
2017 80.3 -0.1%
2018 80.3 +0.0%
2019 85.22 +6.1%

Romania compared with similar countries

  • Romania's 85.22 is above the median for high income countries, which is 83.6, 1.0× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Romania's 85.22 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 82.16, 1.0× the median. (49 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Romania

  1. 28 Australia 85.67 compare
  2. 29 Cyprus 85.48 compare
  3. 30 Sweden 85.28 compare
  4. 32 Moldova 85.16 compare
  5. 33 Norway 85.13 compare
  6. 34 Spain 84.74 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Romania?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Romania was 85.22 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Romania?
The highest recorded value was 85.22 in 2019.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Romania?
The lowest recorded value was 79.64 in 2015.
How does Romania rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Romania ranks 31st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Romania 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.