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Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score by country

The score for tax payments benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.

Countries reporting
189
Highest
100
Bahrain
Lowest
6.67
Tanzania
Median
73.33
Years covered
15
2005–2019
Data points
2,794

What the numbers show

Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 100 in Bahrain; the lowest is 6.67 in Tanzania.

The median across all reporting countries is 73.33, and the mean is 67.34.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 15.

Over the past decade 74 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 980.0%), and the largest decrease in Tanzania (down 73.3%).

Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bahrain 100 2019 up 57.9% rising
1 Hong Kong 100 2019 up 1.7% flat
3 Qatar 98.33 2019 down 1.7% flat
3 Saudi Arabia 98.33 2019 up 20.4% rising
5 United Arab Emirates 96.67 2019 up 18.4% rising
5 Brunei 96.67 2019 up 20.8% rising
5 Georgia 96.67 2019 up 75.8% rising
5 Norway 96.67 2019 down 1.7% flat
5 Singapore 96.67 2019 up 1.8% flat
5 Ukraine 96.67 2019 — volatile
11 Israel 95 2019 up 62.9% rising
11 Morocco 95 2019 up 62.9% rising
11 Mexico 95 2019 unchanged rising
11 Sweden 95 2019 unchanged flat
11 Vietnam 95 2019 up 200.0% rising
16 Belarus 93.33 2019 — volatile
16 Chile 93.33 2019 up 1.8% flat
16 China 93.33 2019 up 3.7% rising
16 Dominican Republic 93.33 2019 unchanged rising
16 Latvia 93.33 2019 unchanged rising
16 North Macedonia 93.33 2019 up 143.5% rising
16 New Zealand 93.33 2019 up 1.8% flat
16 Poland 93.33 2019 up 154.5% rising
16 El Salvador 93.33 2019 up 154.5% rising
16 Tajikistan 93.33 2019 — volatile
16 South Africa 93.33 2019 up 3.7% rising
27 Canada 91.67 2019 up 1.9% flat
27 Czechia 91.67 2019 up 7.8% rising
27 Ecuador 91.67 2019 unchanged flat
27 Estonia 91.67 2019 down 1.8% flat
27 Finland 91.67 2019 unchanged rising
27 Greece 91.67 2019 unchanged rising
27 Guatemala 91.67 2019 up 41.0% rising
27 Malta 91.67 2019 down 1.8% flat
27 Mauritius 91.67 2019 unchanged flat
27 Peru 91.67 2019 up 1.9% flat
27 Portugal 91.67 2019 down 1.8% flat
27 Slovakia 91.67 2019 up 77.4% rising
27 Tunisia 91.67 2019 up 34.1% rising
40 Argentina 90 2019 unchanged rising
40 Azerbaijan 90 2019 up 31.7% rising
40 Germany 90 2019 up 5.9% rising
40 Spain 90 2019 unchanged flat
40 France 90 2019 unchanged rising
40 United Kingdom 90 2019 down 1.8% flat
40 Ireland 90 2019 unchanged flat
40 Jordan 90 2019 up 45.9% rising
40 Marshall Islands 90 2019 unchanged flat
40 Malaysia 90 2019 up 5.9% rising
40 Netherlands 90 2019 unchanged rising
40 Russia 90 2019 down 1.8% flat
40 Rwanda 90 2019 up 42.1% rising
40 Uzbekistan 90 2019 up 980.0% volatile
54 Brazil 88.98 2019 up 0.7% flat
55 Colombia 88.33 2019 up 26.2% volatile
55 Costa Rica 88.33 2019 up 165.0% rising
55 Denmark 88.33 2019 unchanged flat
55 Kazakhstan 88.33 2019 down 5.4% falling
55 Lithuania 88.33 2019 up 3.9% flat
55 Moldova 88.33 2019 up 278.6% volatile
55 Slovenia 88.33 2019 up 26.2% rising
55 Turkey 88.33 2019 unchanged flat
55 Kosovo 88.33 2019 up 76.7% rising
55 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 88.33 2019 up 76.7% rising
65 United States 87.33 2019 down 1.1% flat
66 India 86.77 2019 — volatile
67 Australia 86.67 2019 unchanged flat
67 Belgium 86.67 2019 unchanged flat
67 Hungary 86.67 2019 up 6.1% rising
67 Jamaica 86.67 2019 — volatile
67 Kiribati 86.67 2019 down 7.1% falling
67 Palau 86.67 2019 unchanged flat
67 Zambia 86.67 2019 up 108.0% rising
67 Taiwan 86.67 2019 up 8.3% rising
75 Austria 85 2019 unchanged flat
75 Croatia 85 2019 up 70.0% rising
75 South Korea 85 2019 up 6.2% rising
75 Kuwait 85 2019 unchanged flat
79 Philippines 83.33 2019 up 212.5% rising
80 Bulgaria 81.67 2019 up 2.1% rising
80 Italy 81.67 2019 unchanged flat
80 Romania 81.67 2019 — volatile
83 Armenia 80 2019 up 433.3% volatile
83 Iraq 80 2019 unchanged flat
83 Oman 80 2019 unchanged flat
86 Cyprus 78.33 2019 up 38.2% rising
86 Puerto Rico 78.33 2019 unchanged flat
88 Maldives 76.67 2019 down 23.3% falling
89 Bhutan 75 2019 unchanged flat
89 Montenegro 75 2019 — volatile
89 San Marino 75 2019 unchanged flat
89 East Timor 75 2019 down 21.1% falling
93 Afghanistan 73.33 2019 unchanged flat
93 Switzerland 73.33 2019 unchanged flat
93 Japan 73.33 2019 up 29.4% rising
93 Libya 73.33 2019 unchanged flat
93 Mongolia 73.33 2019 up 100.0% rising
93 Paraguay 73.33 2019 up 51.7% rising
99 Bahamas 71.67 2019 down 2.3% falling
99 Iran 71.67 2019 up 4.9% rising
99 Lebanon 71.67 2019 unchanged flat
99 Syria 71.67 2019 unchanged flat
99 Uruguay 71.67 2019 up 330.0% volatile
104 Micronesia (country) 70 2019 unchanged flat
104 Iceland 70 2019 up 10.5% rising
104 Thailand 70 2019 unchanged rising
107 Luxembourg 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
107 Madagascar 66.67 2019 unchanged rising
109 Burundi 65 2019 up 30.0% rising
109 Kenya 65 2019 up 225.0% rising
111 Cote d'Ivoire 63.33 2019 — volatile
112 Indonesia 61.67 2019 up 54.2% flat
112 Kyrgyzstan 61.67 2019 — volatile
114 Algeria 60 2019 unchanged rising
114 Egypt 60 2019 up 5.9% rising
114 Namibia 60 2019 up 38.5% rising
117 Barbados 58.33 2019 down 2.8% falling
117 Palestine 58.33 2019 up 45.8% rising
119 Belize 56.67 2019 up 47.8% rising
119 Ethiopia 56.67 2019 unchanged flat
119 Seychelles 56.67 2019 down 2.9% falling
122 Cape Verde 55 2019 up 73.7% rising
122 Eritrea 55 2019 unchanged flat
122 Suriname 55 2019 unchanged flat
122 Tonga 55 2019 down 25.0% falling
126 Angola 53.33 2019 up 3.2% flat
126 Myanmar 53.33 2019 unchanged flat
126 Uganda 53.33 2019 unchanged flat
126 Vanuatu 53.33 2019 unchanged flat
130 Lesotho 51.67 2019 unchanged flat
131 Bangladesh 50 2019 up 3.4% flat
131 Bosnia and Herzegovina 50 2019 up 275.0% volatile
131 Comoros 50 2019 unchanged flat
131 Guinea 50 2019 up 400.0% volatile
131 Liberia 50 2019 unchanged flat
131 Mauritania 50 2019 up 15.4% flat
131 Serbia 50 2019 — volatile
131 Eswatini 50 2019 unchanged flat
139 Botswana 48.33 2019 unchanged flat
139 Pakistan 48.33 2019 up 81.2% rising
139 Solomon Islands 48.33 2019 unchanged flat
139 Sierra Leone 48.33 2019 down 14.7% falling
143 Albania 46.67 2019 up 47.4% rising
143 Djibouti 46.67 2019 down 30.0% falling
143 Guyana 46.67 2019 unchanged flat
143 Laos 46.67 2019 down 3.4% flat
143 Saint Lucia 46.67 2019 unchanged flat
143 Mali 46.67 2019 up 600.0% volatile
143 Malawi 46.67 2019 down 30.0% falling
150 Ghana 45 2019 down 10.0% rising
150 Sri Lanka 45 2019 up 575.0% volatile
150 Panama 45 2019 up 145.5% rising
150 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 45 2019 unchanged flat
154 Dominica 43.33 2019 unchanged flat
154 Mozambique 43.33 2019 unchanged flat
154 South Sudan 43.33 2019 down 13.3% falling
154 Samoa 43.33 2019 unchanged flat
158 Fiji 41.67 2019 down 16.7% falling
159 Saint Kitts and Nevis 40 2019 down 33.3% falling
159 Trinidad and Tobago 40 2019 up 4.3% rising
161 Cambodia 38.33 2019 down 4.2% falling
162 Niger 36.67 2019 unchanged flat
163 Bolivia 35 2019 unchanged flat
163 Grenada 35 2019 unchanged flat
163 Sudan 35 2019 unchanged flat
166 Nicaragua 33.33 2019 — volatile
167 Cameroon 31.67 2019 unchanged rising
167 Yemen 31.67 2019 unchanged flat
169 Burkina Faso 30 2019 unchanged flat
169 Papua New Guinea 30 2019 down 41.9% falling
171 Guinea-Bissau 28.33 2019 unchanged flat
171 Equatorial Guinea 28.33 2019 unchanged flat
171 Nepal 28.33 2019 down 41.4% falling
171 Sao Tome and Principe 28.33 2019 down 15.0% falling
175 Haiti 26.67 2019 unchanged flat
176 Nigeria 25 2019 down 6.3% falling
177 Gambia 23.33 2019 down 6.7% falling
177 Togo 23.33 2019 unchanged flat
179 Congo 21.67 2019 up 550.0% volatile
179 Gabon 21.67 2019 down 64.9% falling
181 Zimbabwe 20 2019 up 20.0% rising
182 Democratic Republic of Congo 18.33 2019 down 52.2% falling
183 Senegal 16.67 2019 up 150.0% rising
184 Benin 15 2019 down 18.2% falling
184 Chad 15 2019 unchanged flat
186 Central African Republic 11.67 2019 down 22.2% flat
187 Antigua and Barbuda 10 2019 unchanged volatile
188 Honduras 6.67 2019 down 20.0% falling
188 Tanzania 6.67 2019 down 73.3% falling

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Indicator
Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 2,794 data points, 2005–2019
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The score for tax payments benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.