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

New Zealand: Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score was 93.33 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
93.33
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
16th
of 190 countries
All-time high
93.33
in 2016
All-time low
91.67
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060801002005201220192005: 91.72006: 91.72007: 91.72008: 91.72009: 91.72010: 91.72011: 91.72012: 91.72013: 91.72014: 91.72015: 91.72016: 93.32017: 93.32018: 93.32019: 93.3

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in New Zealand is 93.33, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in New Zealand peaked at 93.33 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 91.67, in 2005.

New Zealand ranks 16th of 190 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 91.67 91.67 91.67 5
2010s 92.33 91.67 93.33 10

Countries ranked near New Zealand

  1. 16 China (People’s Republic of) 93.33 compare
  2. 16 Belarus 93.33 compare
  3. 16 Chile 93.33 compare
  4. 16 Dominican Republic 93.33 compare
  5. 16 El Salvador 93.33 compare
  6. 16 Latvia 93.33 compare
  7. 16 North Macedonia 93.33 compare
  8. 16 Poland 93.33 compare
  9. 16 South Africa 93.33 compare
  10. 16 Tajikistan 93.33 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in New Zealand?
Paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in New Zealand was 93.33 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 93.33 in 2016.
What is the lowest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 91.67 in 2005.
How does New Zealand rank for paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score?
New Zealand ranks 16th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score rising or falling in New Zealand?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this New Zealand 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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Indicator
Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 2,783 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.