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

Tanzania: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 51.33 in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
51.33
Change on year
up 0.9%
World rank
166th
of 191 countries
All-time high
56.38
in 2015
All-time low
50.79
in 2017
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02040602015201720192015: 56.42016: 54.22017: 50.82018: 50.92019: 51.3

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Tanzania stood at 51.33.

The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and down 9.0% over five years.

Tanzania ranks 166th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Tanzania, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 56.38
2016 54.25 -3.8%
2017 50.79 -6.4%
2018 50.85 +0.1%
2019 51.33 +0.9%

Tanzania compared with similar countries

  • Tanzania's 51.33 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 61.28, 84% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Tanzania's 51.33 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 57.37, 89% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Tanzania

  1. 163 Nicaragua 52.69 compare
  2. 164 Puerto Rico 52.01 compare
  3. 165 Sudan 51.8 compare
  4. 167 Senegal 51.24 compare
  5. 168 Honduras 49.92 compare
  6. 169 Comoros 49.86 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Tanzania?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Tanzania was 51.33 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Tanzania?
The highest recorded value was 56.38 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Tanzania?
The lowest recorded value was 50.79 in 2017.
How does Tanzania rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Tanzania ranks 166th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Tanzania 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.