Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score in Benin

Benin: Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score was 15 in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
15
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
184th
of 191 countries
All-time high
18.33
in 2005
All-time low
15
in 2015
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score in Benin, 2005–2019

051015202005201220192005: 18.32006: 18.32007: 18.32008: 18.32009: 18.32010: 18.32011: 18.32012: 18.32013: 18.32014: 18.32015: 152016: 152017: 152018: 152019: 15

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Benin is 15, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of down 18.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Benin peaked at 18.33 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 15, in 2015.

Benin ranks 184th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.

Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score in Benin, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score in Benin, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 18.33 —
2006 18.33 +0.0%
2007 18.33 +0.0%
2008 18.33 +0.0%
2009 18.33 +0.0%
2010 18.33 +0.0%
2011 18.33 +0.0%
2012 18.33 +0.0%
2013 18.33 +0.0%
2014 18.33 +0.0%
2015 15 -18.2%
2016 15 +0.0%
2017 15 +0.0%
2018 15 +0.0%
2019 15 +0.0%

Benin compared with similar countries

  • Benin's 15 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 50, 30% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Benin's 15 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 46.67, 32% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 18.33 18.33 18.33 5
2010s 16.67 15 18.33 10

Countries ranked near Benin

  1. 181 Zimbabwe 20 compare
  2. 182 Democratic Republic of Congo 18.33 compare
  3. 183 Senegal 16.67 compare
  4. 184 Chad 15 compare
  5. 186 Central African Republic 11.67 compare
  6. 187 Antigua and Barbuda 10 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Benin?
Paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Benin was 15 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in Benin?
The highest recorded value was 18.33 in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in Benin?
The lowest recorded value was 15 in 2015.
How does Benin rank for paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score?
Benin ranks 184th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score rising or falling in Benin?
Over the last ten years it is down 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Benin data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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.