Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score in Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome and Principe: Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score was 28.33 in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
28.33
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
171st
of 191 countries
All-time high
35
in 2005
All-time low
28.33
in 2010
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score in Sao Tome and Principe, 2005–2019

0102030402005201220192005: 352006: 352007: 352008: 352009: 33.32010: 28.32011: 28.32012: 28.32013: 28.32014: 28.32015: 28.32016: 28.32017: 28.32018: 28.32019: 28.3

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Sao Tome and Principe is 28.33, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of down 15.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 35 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 28.33, in 2010.

That places Sao Tome and Principe 171st out of 191 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.

Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score in Sao Tome and Principe, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 35
2006 35 +0.0%
2007 35 +0.0%
2008 35 +0.0%
2009 33.33 -4.8%
2010 28.33 -15.0%
2011 28.33 +0.0%
2012 28.33 +0.0%
2013 28.33 +0.0%
2014 28.33 +0.0%
2015 28.33 +0.0%
2016 28.33 +0.0%
2017 28.33 +0.0%
2018 28.33 +0.0%
2019 28.33 +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 34.67 33.33 35 5
2010s 28.33 28.33 28.33 10

Countries ranked near Sao Tome and Principe

  1. 169 Burkina Faso 30 compare
  2. 169 Papua New Guinea 30 compare
  3. 171 Equatorial Guinea 28.33 compare
  4. 171 Guinea-Bissau 28.33 compare
  5. 171 Nepal 28.33 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Sao Tome and Principe?
Paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Sao Tome and Principe was 28.33 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
The highest recorded value was 35 in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
The lowest recorded value was 28.33 in 2010.
How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score?
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 171st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
Over the last ten years it is down 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Sao Tome and Principe 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
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World Bank
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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.