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

Rwanda: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 84.57 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
84.57
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
37th
of 191 countries
All-time high
84.57
in 2019
All-time low
74.78
in 2016
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 772016: 74.82017: 84.22018: 84.12019: 84.6

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Rwanda recorded 84.57 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 0.5% on the previous year and up 9.8% over five years.

Rwanda ranks 37th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Rwanda, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 77.03 —
2016 74.78 -2.9%
2017 84.18 +12.6%
2018 84.13 -0.1%
2019 84.57 +0.5%

Rwanda compared with similar countries

  • Rwanda's 84.57 is above the median for low income countries, which is 58.39, 1.4× the median. (24 countries reporting)
  • Rwanda's 84.57 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 57.37, 1.5× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Rwanda

  1. 34 Spain 84.74 compare
  2. 35 Seychelles 84.72 compare
  3. 36 North Macedonia 84.72 compare
  4. 38 Taiwan 84.31 compare
  5. 39 Azerbaijan 84.02 compare
  6. 40 Solomon Islands 83.81 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Rwanda?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Rwanda was 84.57 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Rwanda?
The highest recorded value was 84.57 in 2019.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Rwanda?
The lowest recorded value was 74.78 in 2016.
How does Rwanda rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Rwanda ranks 37th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Rwanda 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
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.