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

India: Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score was 86.77 in 2019. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2019)
86.77
Change on year
up 2.0%
World rank
66th
of 191 countries
All-time high
86.77
in 2019
All-time low
0
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060802005201220192005: 02006: 02007: 02008: 02009: 02010: 02011: 252012: 252013: 36.52014: 36.52015: 36.52016: 49.82017: 81.82018: 85.12019: 86.8

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in India stood at 86.77. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 137.8% over five years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in India peaked at 86.77 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0, in 2005.

India ranks 66th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score in India, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 0 —
2006 0 —
2007 0 —
2008 0 —
2009 0 —
2010 0 —
2011 25 —
2012 25 +0.0%
2013 36.48 +45.9%
2014 36.48 +0.0%
2015 36.48 +0.0%
2016 49.82 +36.5%
2017 81.77 +64.1%
2018 85.1 +4.1%
2019 86.77 +2.0%

India compared with similar countries

  • India's 86.77 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 50, 1.7× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • India's 86.77 is above the median for South Asia, which is 62.5, 1.4× the median. (6 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0 0 0 5
2010s 46.29 0 86.77 10

Countries ranked near India

  1. 65 United States 87.33 compare
  2. 67 Australia 86.67 compare
  3. 67 Belgium 86.67 compare
  4. 67 Hungary 86.67 compare
  5. 67 Jamaica 86.67 compare
  6. 67 Kiribati 86.67 compare
  7. 67 Palau 86.67 compare
  8. 67 Taiwan 86.67 compare
  9. 67 Zambia 86.67 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in India?
Paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in India was 86.77 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in India?
The highest recorded value was 86.77 in 2019.
What is the lowest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in India?
The lowest recorded value was 0 in 2005.
How does India rank for paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score?
India ranks 66th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this India 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.