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

Seychelles: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 84.72 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
84.72
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
35th
of 191 countries
All-time high
84.72
in 2015
All-time low
84.72
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 84.72016: 84.72017: 84.72018: 84.72019: 84.7

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Seychelles recorded 84.72 for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is unchanged over five years.

That places Seychelles 35th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Seychelles, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 84.72 —
2016 84.72 +0.0%
2017 84.72 +0.0%
2018 84.72 +0.0%
2019 84.72 +0.0%

Seychelles compared with similar countries

  • Seychelles's 84.72 is above the median for high income countries, which is 83.6, 1.0× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Seychelles's 84.72 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 57.37, 1.5× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Seychelles

  1. 32 Moldova 85.16 compare
  2. 33 Norway 85.13 compare
  3. 34 Spain 84.74 compare
  4. 36 North Macedonia 84.72 compare
  5. 37 Rwanda 84.57 compare
  6. 38 Taiwan 84.31 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Seychelles?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Seychelles was 84.72 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Seychelles?
The highest recorded value was 84.72 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Seychelles?
The lowest recorded value was 84.72 in 2015.
How does Seychelles rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Seychelles ranks 35th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Seychelles 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
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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.