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

Papua New Guinea: Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score was 30 in 2019. β–Ό Falling

Latest (2019)
30
Change on year
down 25.0%
World rank
168th
of 190 countries
All-time high
51.67
in 2006
All-time low
30
in 2019
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

02040602005201220192005: 502006: 51.72007: 51.72008: 51.72009: 51.72010: 51.72011: 51.72012: 51.72013: 51.72014: 51.72015: 51.72016: 51.72017: 51.72018: 402019: 30

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Papua New Guinea is 30, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of down 25.0% on the previous year and down 41.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Papua New Guinea peaked at 51.67 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 30, in 2019.

That places Papua New Guinea 168th out of 190 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 51.33 50 51.67 5
2010s 48.33 30 51.67 10

Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea

  1. 165 Nicaragua 33.33 compare
  2. 166 Cameroon 31.67 compare
  3. 166 Yemen 31.67 compare
  4. 168 Burkina Faso 30 compare
  5. 170 Equatorial Guinea 28.33 compare
  6. 170 Guinea-Bissau 28.33 compare
  7. 170 Nepal 28.33 compare
  8. 170 Sao Tome and Principe 28.33 compare

See the full ranking of 190 places β†’

More reference data data for Papua New Guinea

All data for Papua New Guinea β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Papua New Guinea?
Paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Papua New Guinea was 30 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in Papua New Guinea?
The highest recorded value was 51.67 in 2006.
What is the lowest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in Papua New Guinea?
The lowest recorded value was 30 in 2019.
How does Papua New Guinea rank for paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score?
Papua New Guinea ranks 168th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
Over the last ten years it is down 41.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.