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

Singapore: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 91.58 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
91.58
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
7th
of 191 countries
All-time high
91.58
in 2017
All-time low
90.41
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060801002015201720192015: 90.42016: 91.52017: 91.62018: 91.62019: 91.6

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Singapore stood at 91.58. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% over five years.

Singapore ranks 7th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Singapore, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 90.41 —
2016 91.48 +1.2%
2017 91.58 +0.1%
2018 91.58 +0.0%
2019 91.58 +0.0%

Singapore compared with similar countries

  • Singapore's 91.58 is above the median for high income countries, which is 83.6, 1.1× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Singapore's 91.58 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 74.87, 1.2× the median. (28 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Singapore

  1. 4 Ireland 94.59 compare
  2. 5 Mauritius 93.96 compare
  3. 6 Kuwait 92.48 compare
  4. 8 Denmark 91.14 compare
  5. 9 New Zealand 91.05 compare
  6. 10 Finland 90.89 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Singapore?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Singapore was 91.58 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Singapore?
The highest recorded value was 91.58 in 2017.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Singapore?
The lowest recorded value was 90.41 in 2015.
How does Singapore rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Singapore ranks 7th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Singapore 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.