Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in United Kingdom

United Kingdom: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 86.18 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
86.18
Change on year
down 1.1%
World rank
27th
of 188 countries
All-time high
87.14
in 2018
All-time low
86.18
in 2019
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 86.42016: 86.82017: 86.92018: 87.12019: 86.2

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

United Kingdom recorded 86.18 for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 0.3% over five years.

That places United Kingdom 27th out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

Countries ranked near United Kingdom

  1. 24 Morocco 87.22 compare
  2. 25 United States 86.76 compare
  3. 26 Turkey 86.64 compare
  4. 28 Australia 85.67 compare
  5. 29 Cyprus 85.48 compare
  6. 30 Sweden 85.28 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in United Kingdom?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in United Kingdom was 86.18 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in United Kingdom?
The highest recorded value was 87.14 in 2018.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in United Kingdom?
The lowest recorded value was 86.18 in 2019.
How does United Kingdom rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
United Kingdom ranks 27th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this United Kingdom 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
190 places, 950 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.