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

Jamaica: Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score was 86.67 in 2019. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2019)
86.67
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
67th
of 191 countries
All-time high
86.67
in 2018
All-time low
0
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060802005201220192005: 02006: 02007: 02008: 02009: 02010: 02011: 02012: 452013: 452014: 452015: 43.32016: 852017: 852018: 86.72019: 86.7

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Jamaica recorded 86.67 for paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 92.6% over five years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Jamaica peaked at 86.67 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0, in 2005.

That places Jamaica 67th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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 Jamaica, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score in Jamaica, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 0 —
2006 0 —
2007 0 —
2008 0 —
2009 0 —
2010 0 —
2011 0 —
2012 45 —
2013 45 +0.0%
2014 45 +0.0%
2015 43.33 -3.7%
2016 85 +96.2%
2017 85 +0.0%
2018 86.67 +2.0%
2019 86.67 +0.0%

Jamaica compared with similar countries

  • Jamaica's 86.67 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 80, 1.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Jamaica's 86.67 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 58.33, 1.5× the median. (33 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0 0 0 5
2010s 52.17 0 86.67 10

Countries ranked near Jamaica

  1. 65 United States 87.33 compare
  2. 66 India 86.77 compare
  3. 67 Australia 86.67 compare
  4. 67 Belgium 86.67 compare
  5. 67 Hungary 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

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 Jamaica?
Paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Jamaica was 86.67 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in Jamaica?
The highest recorded value was 86.67 in 2018.
What is the lowest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in Jamaica?
The lowest recorded value was 0 in 2005.
How does Jamaica rank for paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score?
Jamaica ranks 67th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Jamaica 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.