Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in East Timor

East Timor: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 61.95 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
61.95
Change on year
down 4.6%
World rank
137th
of 191 countries
All-time high
64.96
in 2015
All-time low
61.95
in 2019
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02040602015201720192015: 652016: 652017: 652018: 652019: 61.9

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in East Timor stood at 61.95. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is down 4.6% on the previous year and down 4.6% over five years.

That places East Timor 137th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in East Timor, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 64.96
2016 64.96 +0.0%
2017 64.96 +0.0%
2018 64.96 +0.0%
2019 61.95 -4.6%

East Timor compared with similar countries

  • East Timor's 61.95 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 61.28, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • East Timor's 61.95 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 74.87, 83% of the median. (28 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near East Timor

  1. 134 Djibouti 62.73 compare
  2. 135 Madagascar 62.62 compare
  3. 136 Malawi 62.37 compare
  4. 138 Sao Tome and Principe 61.8 compare
  5. 139 Cambodia 61.28 compare
  6. 140 Tajikistan 60.94 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in East Timor?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in East Timor was 61.95 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in East Timor?
The highest recorded value was 64.96 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in East Timor?
The lowest recorded value was 61.95 in 2019.
How does East Timor rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
East Timor ranks 137th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this East Timor 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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Indicator
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.