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

China: Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score was 93.33 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
93.33
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
16th
of 191 countries
All-time high
93.33
in 2018
All-time low
43.33
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060801002005201220192005: 43.32006: 43.32007: 43.32008: 86.72009: 902010: 902011: 902012: 902013: 902014: 902015: 902016: 902017: 902018: 93.32019: 93.3

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in China is 93.33, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in China peaked at 93.33 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 43.33, in 2005.

China ranks 16th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score in China, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 43.33 —
2006 43.33 +0.0%
2007 43.33 +0.0%
2008 86.67 +100.0%
2009 90 +3.8%
2010 90 +0.0%
2011 90 +0.0%
2012 90 +0.0%
2013 90 +0.0%
2014 90 +0.0%
2015 90 +0.0%
2016 90 +0.0%
2017 90 +0.0%
2018 93.33 +3.7%
2019 93.33 +0.0%

China compared with similar countries

  • China's 93.33 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 80, 1.2× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • China's 93.33 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 74.17, 1.3× the median. (28 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 61.33 43.33 90 5
2010s 90.67 90 93.33 10

Countries ranked near China

  1. 16 Belarus 93.33 compare
  2. 16 Chile 93.33 compare
  3. 16 Dominican Republic 93.33 compare
  4. 16 El Salvador 93.33 compare
  5. 16 Latvia 93.33 compare
  6. 16 New Zealand 93.33 compare
  7. 16 North Macedonia 93.33 compare
  8. 16 Poland 93.33 compare
  9. 16 South Africa 93.33 compare
  10. 16 Tajikistan 93.33 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in China?
Paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in China was 93.33 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in China?
The highest recorded value was 93.33 in 2018.
What is the lowest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in China?
The lowest recorded value was 43.33 in 2005.
How does China rank for paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score?
China ranks 16th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score rising or falling in China?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this China 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.