Paying taxes: Payments (number per year) by country
The tax payments capture the total number of taxes and contributions paid, the method of payment, the frequency of payment, and the frequency of ?ling. It includes taxes withheld by the company, such as sales tax, VAT and employee-borne labor taxes.
Countries reporting
187
Highest
99 number per year
Venezuela
Lowest
3 number per year
Hong Kong
Median
19 number per year
Years covered
15
2005–2019
Data points
2,778
What the numbers show
Paying taxes: Payments (number per year) is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 99 number per year in Venezuela; the lowest is 3 number per year in Hong Kong.
The median across all reporting countries is 19 number per year, and the mean is 23.07 number per year.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 33.
Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 83 fell. The largest increase was in Maldives (up 466.7%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 96.6%).
Paying taxes: Payments: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venezuela | 99 number per year | 2019 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 2 | Honduras | 59 number per year | 2019 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 2 | Tanzania | 59 number per year | 2019 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 4 | Antigua and Barbuda | 57 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 56 number per year | 2019 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 6 | Benin | 54 number per year | 2019 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 6 | Chad | 54 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 8 | Senegal | 53 number per year | 2019 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 9 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 52 number per year | 2019 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 10 | Zimbabwe | 51 number per year | 2019 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 11 | Congo | 50 number per year | 2019 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 11 | Gabon | 50 number per year | 2019 | up 92.3% | rising |
| 13 | Gambia | 49 number per year | 2019 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 13 | Togo | 49 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 15 | Nigeria | 48 number per year | 2019 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 16 | Haiti | 47 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 17 | Guinea-Bissau | 46 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 17 | Equatorial Guinea | 46 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 17 | Nepal | 46 number per year | 2019 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 17 | Sao Tome and Principe | 46 number per year | 2019 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 21 | Burkina Faso | 45 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | Papua New Guinea | 45 number per year | 2019 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 23 | Cameroon | 44 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Yemen | 44 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 25 | Nicaragua | 43 number per year | 2019 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 26 | Bolivia | 42 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | Grenada | 42 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | Sudan | 42 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 29 | Niger | 41 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | Cambodia | 40 number per year | 2019 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 31 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 39 number per year | 2019 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 31 | Trinidad and Tobago | 39 number per year | 2019 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 33 | Fiji | 38 number per year | 2019 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 34 | Dominica | 37 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 34 | Mozambique | 37 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 34 | South Sudan | 37 number per year | 2019 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 34 | Samoa | 37 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 38 | Ghana | 36 number per year | 2019 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 38 | Sri Lanka | 36 number per year | 2019 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 38 | Panama | 36 number per year | 2019 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 38 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 36 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 42 | Albania | 35 number per year | 2019 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 42 | Guyana | 35 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 42 | Laos | 35 number per year | 2019 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 42 | Saint Lucia | 35 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 42 | Mali | 35 number per year | 2019 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 42 | Malawi | 35 number per year | 2019 | up 52.2% | rising |
| 48 | Botswana | 34 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 48 | Pakistan | 34 number per year | 2019 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 48 | Solomon Islands | 34 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 48 | Sierra Leone | 34 number per year | 2019 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 52 | Bangladesh | 33 number per year | 2019 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 52 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 33 number per year | 2019 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 52 | Comoros | 33 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 52 | Guinea | 33 number per year | 2019 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 52 | Liberia | 33 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 52 | Mauritania | 33 number per year | 2019 | down 10.8% | flat |
| 52 | Serbia | 33 number per year | 2019 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 52 | Eswatini | 33 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 60 | Lesotho | 32 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 61 | Angola | 31 number per year | 2019 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 61 | Myanmar | 31 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 61 | Uganda | 31 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 61 | Vanuatu | 31 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 65 | Cape Verde | 30 number per year | 2019 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 65 | Eritrea | 30 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 65 | Suriname | 30 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 65 | Tonga | 30 number per year | 2019 | up 57.9% | rising |
| 69 | Belize | 29 number per year | 2019 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 69 | Ethiopia | 29 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 69 | Seychelles | 29 number per year | 2019 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 72 | Barbados | 28 number per year | 2019 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 72 | Palestine | 28 number per year | 2019 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 74 | Algeria | 27 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 74 | Egypt | 27 number per year | 2019 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 74 | Namibia | 27 number per year | 2019 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 77 | Indonesia | 26 number per year | 2019 | down 33.3% | flat |
| 77 | Kyrgyzstan | 26 number per year | 2019 | down 65.8% | falling |
| 79 | Cote d'Ivoire | 25 number per year | 2019 | down 62.7% | falling |
| 80 | Burundi | 24 number per year | 2019 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 80 | Kenya | 24 number per year | 2019 | down 52.9% | falling |
| 82 | Luxembourg | 23 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 82 | Madagascar | 23 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 84 | Micronesia (country) | 21 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | Iceland | 21 number per year | 2019 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 84 | Thailand | 21 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 87 | Bahamas | 20 number per year | 2019 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 87 | Iran | 20 number per year | 2019 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 87 | Lebanon | 20 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 87 | Syria | 20 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 87 | Uruguay | 20 number per year | 2019 | down 62.3% | falling |
| 92 | Afghanistan | 19 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 92 | Switzerland | 19 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 92 | Japan | 19 number per year | 2019 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 92 | Libya | 19 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 92 | Mongolia | 19 number per year | 2019 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 92 | Paraguay | 19 number per year | 2019 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 98 | Bhutan | 18 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 98 | Montenegro | 18 number per year | 2019 | down 79.8% | volatile |
| 98 | San Marino | 18 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 98 | East Timor | 18 number per year | 2019 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 102 | Maldives | 17 number per year | 2019 | up 466.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Cyprus | 16 number per year | 2019 | down 44.8% | falling |
| 103 | Puerto Rico | 16 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 105 | Armenia | 15 number per year | 2019 | down 72.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Iraq | 15 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 105 | Oman | 15 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 108 | Bulgaria | 14 number per year | 2019 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 108 | Italy | 14 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 108 | Romania | 14 number per year | 2019 | down 87.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Philippines | 13 number per year | 2019 | down 72.3% | falling |
| 112 | Austria | 12 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 112 | Croatia | 12 number per year | 2019 | down 63.6% | falling |
| 112 | South Korea | 12 number per year | 2019 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 112 | Kuwait | 12 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 116 | Australia | 11 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 116 | Belgium | 11 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 116 | Hungary | 11 number per year | 2019 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 116 | Jamaica | 11 number per year | 2019 | down 84.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Kiribati | 11 number per year | 2019 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 116 | Palau | 11 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 116 | Zambia | 11 number per year | 2019 | down 71.1% | falling |
| 116 | Taiwan | 11 number per year | 2019 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 124 | India | 10.94 number per year | 2019 | down 85.2% | falling |
| 125 | United States | 10.6 number per year | 2019 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 126 | Colombia | 10 number per year | 2019 | down 52.4% | volatile |
| 126 | Costa Rica | 10 number per year | 2019 | down 76.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Denmark | 10 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 126 | Kazakhstan | 10 number per year | 2019 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 126 | Lithuania | 10 number per year | 2019 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 126 | Moldova | 10 number per year | 2019 | down 79.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Slovenia | 10 number per year | 2019 | down 52.4% | falling |
| 126 | Turkey | 10 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 134 | Brazil | 9.61 number per year | 2019 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 135 | Argentina | 9 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | volatile |
| 135 | Azerbaijan | 9 number per year | 2019 | down 59.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Germany | 9 number per year | 2019 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 135 | Spain | 9 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 135 | France | 9 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 135 | United Kingdom | 9 number per year | 2019 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 135 | Ireland | 9 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 135 | Jordan | 9 number per year | 2019 | down 65.4% | falling |
| 135 | Marshall Islands | 9 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 135 | Malaysia | 9 number per year | 2019 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Netherlands | 9 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 135 | Russia | 9 number per year | 2019 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 135 | Rwanda | 9 number per year | 2019 | down 64.0% | falling |
| 135 | Uzbekistan | 9 number per year | 2019 | down 84.5% | falling |
| 149 | Canada | 8 number per year | 2019 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 149 | Czechia | 8 number per year | 2019 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 149 | Ecuador | 8 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 149 | Estonia | 8 number per year | 2019 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 149 | Finland | 8 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 149 | Greece | 8 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 149 | Guatemala | 8 number per year | 2019 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 149 | Malta | 8 number per year | 2019 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 149 | Mauritius | 8 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 149 | Peru | 8 number per year | 2019 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 149 | Portugal | 8 number per year | 2019 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 149 | Slovakia | 8 number per year | 2019 | down 75.0% | falling |
| 149 | Tunisia | 8 number per year | 2019 | down 63.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Belarus | 7 number per year | 2019 | down 93.5% | volatile |
| 162 | Chile | 7 number per year | 2019 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 162 | China | 7 number per year | 2019 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 162 | Dominican Republic | 7 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | volatile |
| 162 | Latvia | 7 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | volatile |
| 162 | North Macedonia | 7 number per year | 2019 | down 82.5% | volatile |
| 162 | New Zealand | 7 number per year | 2019 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 162 | Poland | 7 number per year | 2019 | down 82.9% | volatile |
| 162 | El Salvador | 7 number per year | 2019 | down 82.9% | falling |
| 162 | Tajikistan | 7 number per year | 2019 | down 89.9% | volatile |
| 162 | South Africa | 7 number per year | 2019 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 173 | Israel | 6 number per year | 2019 | down 78.6% | falling |
| 173 | Morocco | 6 number per year | 2019 | down 78.6% | volatile |
| 173 | Mexico | 6 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | volatile |
| 173 | Sweden | 6 number per year | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 173 | Vietnam | 6 number per year | 2019 | down 86.4% | falling |
| 178 | United Arab Emirates | 5 number per year | 2019 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 178 | Brunei | 5 number per year | 2019 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 178 | Georgia | 5 number per year | 2019 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 178 | Norway | 5 number per year | 2019 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 178 | Singapore | 5 number per year | 2019 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 178 | Ukraine | 5 number per year | 2019 | down 96.6% | volatile |
| 184 | Qatar | 4 number per year | 2019 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 184 | Saudi Arabia | 4 number per year | 2019 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 186 | Bahrain | 3 number per year | 2019 | down 88.0% | falling |
| 186 | Hong Kong | 3 number per year | 2019 | down 25.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
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About this data
The tax payments capture the total number of taxes and contributions paid, the method of payment, the frequency of payment, and the frequency of ?ling. It includes taxes withheld by the company, such as sales tax, VAT and employee-borne labor taxes.