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

Saudi Arabia: Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score was 98.33 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
98.33
Change on year
down 1.7%
World rank
3rd
of 188 countries
All-time high
100
in 2012
All-time low
81.67
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060801002005201220192005: 81.72006: 81.72007: 81.72008: 81.72009: 81.72010: 81.72011: 81.72012: 1002013: 1002014: 1002015: 1002016: 1002017: 1002018: 1002019: 98.3

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Saudi Arabia recorded 98.33 for paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in 2019.

The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and up 20.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Saudi Arabia peaked at 100 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 81.67, in 2005.

Saudi Arabia ranks 3rd of 188 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 81.67 81.67 81.67 5
2010s 96.17 81.67 100 10

Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia

  1. 1 Bahrain 100 compare
  2. 1 Djibouti 46.67 compare
  3. 1 Hong Kong 100 compare
  4. 3 Qatar 98.33 compare
  5. 5 Brunei 96.67 compare
  6. 5 Georgia 96.67 compare
  7. 5 Norway 96.67 compare
  8. 5 Singapore 96.67 compare
  9. 5 Ukraine 96.67 compare
  10. 5 United Arab Emirates 96.67 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Saudi Arabia?
Paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Saudi Arabia was 98.33 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in Saudi Arabia?
The highest recorded value was 100 in 2012.
What is the lowest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in Saudi Arabia?
The lowest recorded value was 81.67 in 2005.
How does Saudi Arabia rank for paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score?
Saudi Arabia ranks 3rd out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
Over the last ten years it is up 20.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Saudi Arabia 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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About this data

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
Last refreshed

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.