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

Maldives: Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score was 76.67 in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
76.67
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
88th
of 191 countries
All-time high
100
in 2005
All-time low
55
in 2013
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060801002005201220192005: 1002006: 1002007: 1002008: 1002009: 1002010: 1002011: 1002012: 76.72013: 552014: 552015: 552016: 552017: 76.72018: 76.72019: 76.7

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Maldives recorded 76.67 for paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in 2019.

The figure is down 23.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Maldives peaked at 100 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 55, in 2013.

That places Maldives 88th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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 Maldives, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score in Maldives, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 100 —
2006 100 +0.0%
2007 100 +0.0%
2008 100 +0.0%
2009 100 +0.0%
2010 100 +0.0%
2011 100 +0.0%
2012 76.67 -23.3%
2013 55 -28.3%
2014 55 +0.0%
2015 55 +0.0%
2016 55 +0.0%
2017 76.67 +39.4%
2018 76.67 +0.0%
2019 76.67 +0.0%

Maldives compared with similar countries

  • Maldives's 76.67 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 80, 96% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Maldives's 76.67 is above the median for South Asia, which is 62.5, 1.2× the median. (6 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 100 100 100 5
2010s 72.67 55 100 10

Countries ranked near Maldives

  1. 86 Cyprus 78.33 compare
  2. 86 Puerto Rico 78.33 compare
  3. 89 Bhutan 75 compare
  4. 89 Montenegro 75 compare
  5. 89 San Marino 75 compare
  6. 89 East Timor 75 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 Maldives?
Paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Maldives was 76.67 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in Maldives?
The highest recorded value was 100 in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in Maldives?
The lowest recorded value was 55 in 2013.
How does Maldives rank for paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score?
Maldives ranks 88th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score rising or falling in Maldives?
Over the last ten years it is down 23.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Maldives 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.