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

Mauritania: Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score was 50 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
50
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
131st
of 191 countries
All-time high
50
in 2017
All-time low
23.33
in 2014
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

010203040502005201220192005: 43.32006: 43.32007: 43.32008: 43.32009: 43.32010: 43.32011: 43.32012: 43.32013: 43.32014: 23.32015: 23.32016: 302017: 502018: 502019: 50

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Mauritania stood at 50. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Mauritania peaked at 50 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 23.33, in 2014.

That places Mauritania 131st out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score in Mauritania, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 43.33 —
2006 43.33 +0.0%
2007 43.33 +0.0%
2008 43.33 +0.0%
2009 43.33 +0.0%
2010 43.33 +0.0%
2011 43.33 +0.0%
2012 43.33 +0.0%
2013 43.33 +0.0%
2014 23.33 -46.2%
2015 23.33 +0.0%
2016 30 +28.6%
2017 50 +66.7%
2018 50 +0.0%
2019 50 +0.0%

Mauritania compared with similar countries

  • Mauritania's 50 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 50, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Mauritania's 50 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 46.67, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 43.33 43.33 43.33 5
2010s 40 23.33 50 10

Countries ranked near Mauritania

  1. 130 Lesotho 51.67 compare
  2. 131 Bangladesh 50 compare
  3. 131 Bosnia and Herzegovina 50 compare
  4. 131 Comoros 50 compare
  5. 131 Eswatini 50 compare
  6. 131 Guinea 50 compare
  7. 131 Liberia 50 compare
  8. 131 Serbia 50 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Mauritania?
Paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Mauritania was 50 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in Mauritania?
The highest recorded value was 50 in 2017.
What is the lowest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in Mauritania?
The lowest recorded value was 23.33 in 2014.
How does Mauritania rank for paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score?
Mauritania ranks 131st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score rising or falling in Mauritania?
Over the last ten years it is up 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Mauritania 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.