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

Malawi: Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score was 46.67 in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
46.67
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
143rd
of 191 countries
All-time high
66.67
in 2005
All-time low
46.67
in 2013
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

02040602005201220192005: 66.72006: 66.72007: 66.72008: 66.72009: 66.72010: 66.72011: 66.72012: 552013: 46.72014: 46.72015: 46.72016: 46.72017: 46.72018: 46.72019: 46.7

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Malawi is 46.67, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 30.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Malawi peaked at 66.67 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 46.67, in 2013.

Malawi ranks 143rd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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 Malawi, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score in Malawi, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 66.67 —
2006 66.67 +0.0%
2007 66.67 +0.0%
2008 66.67 +0.0%
2009 66.67 +0.0%
2010 66.67 +0.0%
2011 66.67 +0.0%
2012 55 -17.5%
2013 46.67 -15.2%
2014 46.67 +0.0%
2015 46.67 +0.0%
2016 46.67 +0.0%
2017 46.67 +0.0%
2018 46.67 +0.0%
2019 46.67 +0.0%

Malawi compared with similar countries

  • Malawi's 46.67 is above the median for low income countries, which is 45, 1.0× the median. (24 countries reporting)
  • Malawi's 46.67 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 46.67, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 66.67 66.67 66.67 5
2010s 51.5 46.67 66.67 10

Countries ranked near Malawi

  1. 143 Albania 46.67 compare
  2. 143 Djibouti 46.67 compare
  3. 143 Guyana 46.67 compare
  4. 143 Laos 46.67 compare
  5. 143 Mali 46.67 compare
  6. 143 Saint Lucia 46.67 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Malawi?
Paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Malawi was 46.67 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in Malawi?
The highest recorded value was 66.67 in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in Malawi?
The lowest recorded value was 46.67 in 2013.
How does Malawi rank for paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score?
Malawi ranks 143rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score rising or falling in Malawi?
Over the last ten years it is down 30.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Malawi 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.