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

Senegal: Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score was 16.67 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
16.67
Change on year
up 100.0%
World rank
183rd
of 191 countries
All-time high
16.67
in 2019
All-time low
6.67
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0510152005201220192005: 6.72006: 6.72007: 6.72008: 6.72009: 6.72010: 6.72011: 6.72012: 6.72013: 6.72014: 8.32015: 8.32016: 8.32017: 8.32018: 8.32019: 16.7

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Senegal stood at 16.67. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of up 100.0% on the previous year and up 150.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Senegal peaked at 16.67 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 6.67, in 2005.

That places Senegal 183rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score in Senegal, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 6.67 —
2006 6.67 +0.0%
2007 6.67 +0.0%
2008 6.67 +0.0%
2009 6.67 +0.0%
2010 6.67 +0.0%
2011 6.67 +0.0%
2012 6.67 +0.0%
2013 6.67 +0.0%
2014 8.33 +25.0%
2015 8.33 +0.0%
2016 8.33 +0.0%
2017 8.33 +0.0%
2018 8.33 +0.0%
2019 16.67 +100.0%

Senegal compared with similar countries

  • Senegal's 16.67 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 50, 33% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Senegal's 16.67 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 46.67, 36% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 6.67 6.67 6.67 5
2010s 8.5 6.67 16.67 10

Countries ranked near Senegal

  1. 181 Zimbabwe 20 compare
  2. 182 Democratic Republic of Congo 18.33 compare
  3. 184 Benin 15 compare
  4. 184 Chad 15 compare
  5. 186 Central African Republic 11.67 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Senegal?
Paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Senegal was 16.67 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in Senegal?
The highest recorded value was 16.67 in 2019.
What is the lowest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in Senegal?
The lowest recorded value was 6.67 in 2005.
How does Senegal rank for paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score?
Senegal ranks 183rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score rising or falling in Senegal?
Over the last ten years it is up 150.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Senegal 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.