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
188
Highest
100
Bahrain
Lowest
0
Venezuela
Median
73.33
Years covered
15
2005–2019
Data points
2,783
What the numbers show
Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 100 in Bahrain; the lowest is 0 in Venezuela.
The median across all reporting countries is 73.33, and the mean is 66.51.
Over the past decade 72 countries rose and 35 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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 63 | United States | 87.33 | 2019 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 64 | India | 86.77 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 65 | Australia | 86.67 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 65 | Belgium | 86.67 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 65 | Hungary | 86.67 | 2019 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 65 | Jamaica | 86.67 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 65 | Kiribati | 86.67 | 2019 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 65 | Palau | 86.67 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 65 | Zambia | 86.67 | 2019 | up 108.0% | rising |
| 65 | Taiwan | 86.67 | 2019 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 73 | Austria | 85 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 73 | Croatia | 85 | 2019 | up 70.0% | rising |
| 73 | South Korea | 85 | 2019 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 73 | Kuwait | 85 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | Philippines | 83.33 | 2019 | up 212.5% | rising |
| 78 | Bulgaria | 81.67 | 2019 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 78 | Italy | 81.67 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 78 | Romania | 81.67 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Armenia | 80 | 2019 | up 433.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Iraq | 80 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 81 | Oman | 80 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | Cyprus | 78.33 | 2019 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 84 | Puerto Rico | 78.33 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 86 | Maldives | 76.67 | 2019 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 87 | Bhutan | 75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 87 | Montenegro | 75 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 87 | San Marino | 75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 87 | East Timor | 75 | 2019 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 91 | Afghanistan | 73.33 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 91 | Switzerland | 73.33 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 91 | Japan | 73.33 | 2019 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 91 | Libya | 73.33 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 91 | Mongolia | 73.33 | 2019 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 91 | Paraguay | 73.33 | 2019 | up 51.7% | rising |
| 97 | Bahamas | 71.67 | 2019 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 97 | Iran | 71.67 | 2019 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 97 | Lebanon | 71.67 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 97 | Syria | 71.67 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 97 | Uruguay | 71.67 | 2019 | up 330.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Micronesia (country) | 70 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 102 | Iceland | 70 | 2019 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 102 | Thailand | 70 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 105 | Luxembourg | 66.67 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 105 | Madagascar | 66.67 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 107 | Burundi | 65 | 2019 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 107 | Kenya | 65 | 2019 | up 225.0% | rising |
| 109 | Cote d'Ivoire | 63.33 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Indonesia | 61.67 | 2019 | up 54.2% | flat |
| 110 | Kyrgyzstan | 61.67 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Algeria | 60 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 112 | Egypt | 60 | 2019 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 112 | Namibia | 60 | 2019 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 115 | Barbados | 58.33 | 2019 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 115 | Palestine | 58.33 | 2019 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 117 | Belize | 56.67 | 2019 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 117 | Ethiopia | 56.67 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 117 | Seychelles | 56.67 | 2019 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 120 | Cape Verde | 55 | 2019 | up 73.7% | rising |
| 120 | Eritrea | 55 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 120 | Suriname | 55 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 120 | Tonga | 55 | 2019 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 124 | Angola | 53.33 | 2019 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 124 | Myanmar | 53.33 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 124 | Uganda | 53.33 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 124 | Vanuatu | 53.33 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 128 | Lesotho | 51.67 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Bangladesh | 50 | 2019 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 129 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 50 | 2019 | up 275.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Comoros | 50 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Guinea | 50 | 2019 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Liberia | 50 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Mauritania | 50 | 2019 | up 15.4% | flat |
| 129 | Serbia | 50 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Eswatini | 50 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | Botswana | 48.33 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | Pakistan | 48.33 | 2019 | up 81.2% | rising |
| 137 | Solomon Islands | 48.33 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | Sierra Leone | 48.33 | 2019 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 141 | Albania | 46.67 | 2019 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 141 | Guyana | 46.67 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 141 | Laos | 46.67 | 2019 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 141 | Saint Lucia | 46.67 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 141 | Mali | 46.67 | 2019 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Malawi | 46.67 | 2019 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 147 | Ghana | 45 | 2019 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 147 | Sri Lanka | 45 | 2019 | up 575.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Panama | 45 | 2019 | up 145.5% | rising |
| 147 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 45 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 151 | Dominica | 43.33 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 151 | Mozambique | 43.33 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 151 | South Sudan | 43.33 | 2019 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 151 | Samoa | 43.33 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 155 | Fiji | 41.67 | 2019 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 156 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 40 | 2019 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 156 | Trinidad and Tobago | 40 | 2019 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 158 | Cambodia | 38.33 | 2019 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 159 | Niger | 36.67 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 160 | Bolivia | 35 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 160 | Grenada | 35 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 160 | Sudan | 35 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 163 | Nicaragua | 33.33 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 164 | Cameroon | 31.67 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 164 | Yemen | 31.67 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 166 | Burkina Faso | 30 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 166 | Papua New Guinea | 30 | 2019 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 168 | Guinea-Bissau | 28.33 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | Equatorial Guinea | 28.33 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | Nepal | 28.33 | 2019 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 168 | Sao Tome and Principe | 28.33 | 2019 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 172 | Haiti | 26.67 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 173 | Nigeria | 25 | 2019 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 174 | Gambia | 23.33 | 2019 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 174 | Togo | 23.33 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 176 | Congo | 21.67 | 2019 | up 550.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Gabon | 21.67 | 2019 | down 64.9% | falling |
| 178 | Zimbabwe | 20 | 2019 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 179 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 18.33 | 2019 | down 52.2% | falling |
| 180 | Senegal | 16.67 | 2019 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 181 | Benin | 15 | 2019 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 181 | Chad | 15 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 183 | Central African Republic | 11.67 | 2019 | down 22.2% | flat |
| 184 | Antigua and Barbuda | 10 | 2019 | unchanged | volatile |
| 185 | Honduras | 6.67 | 2019 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 185 | Tanzania | 6.67 | 2019 | down 73.3% | falling |
| 187 | Somalia | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 187 | Venezuela | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 88.33
About this data
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.