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

Taiwan: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 84.31 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
84.31
Change on year
down 0.9%
World rank
38th
of 191 countries
All-time high
85.22
in 2017
All-time low
84.31
in 2019
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 85.12016: 85.12017: 85.22018: 85.12019: 84.3

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Taiwan stood at 84.31. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 1.0% over five years.

That places Taiwan 38th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Taiwan, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 85.14 —
2016 85.13 -0.0%
2017 85.22 +0.1%
2018 85.1 -0.1%
2019 84.31 -0.9%

Countries ranked near Taiwan

  1. 35 Seychelles 84.72 compare
  2. 36 North Macedonia 84.72 compare
  3. 37 Rwanda 84.57 compare
  4. 39 Azerbaijan 84.02 compare
  5. 40 Solomon Islands 83.81 compare
  6. 41 Iceland 83.75 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Taiwan?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Taiwan was 84.31 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Taiwan?
The highest recorded value was 85.22 in 2017.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Taiwan?
The lowest recorded value was 84.31 in 2019.
How does Taiwan rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Taiwan ranks 38th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Taiwan 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.