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

United States: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 86.76 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
86.76
Change on year
up 3.1%
World rank
25th
of 188 countries
All-time high
86.76
in 2019
All-time low
84.08
in 2016
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 84.12016: 84.12017: 84.12018: 84.12019: 86.8

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

United States recorded 86.76 for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is up 3.1% on the previous year and up 3.1% over five years.

That places United States 25th out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

Countries ranked near United States

  1. 22 Netherlands 87.41 compare
  2. 23 Luxembourg 87.37 compare
  3. 24 Morocco 87.22 compare
  4. 26 Turkey 86.64 compare
  5. 27 United Kingdom 86.18 compare
  6. 28 Australia 85.67 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in United States?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in United States was 86.76 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in United States?
The highest recorded value was 86.76 in 2019.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in United States?
The lowest recorded value was 84.08 in 2016.
How does United States rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
United States ranks 25th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this United States 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.