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

Samoa: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 75.71 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
75.71
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
83rd
of 191 countries
All-time high
75.71
in 2015
All-time low
75.71
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 75.72016: 75.72017: 75.72018: 75.72019: 75.7

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Samoa recorded 75.71 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 unchanged over five years.

That places Samoa 83rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Samoa, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 75.71 —
2016 75.71 +0.0%
2017 75.71 +0.0%
2018 75.71 +0.0%
2019 75.71 +0.0%

Samoa compared with similar countries

  • Samoa's 75.71 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 71.14, 1.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Samoa's 75.71 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 74.87, 1.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Samoa

  1. 80 Marshall Islands 76.1 compare
  2. 81 Malaysia 75.96 compare
  3. 82 Indonesia 75.75 compare
  4. 84 Dominica 75.65 compare
  5. 85 Saint Lucia 75.5 compare
  6. 86 Serbia 75.3 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Samoa?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Samoa was 75.71 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Samoa?
The highest recorded value was 75.71 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Samoa?
The lowest recorded value was 75.71 in 2015.
How does Samoa rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Samoa ranks 83rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Samoa 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.