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

Seychelles: Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score was 56.67 in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
56.67
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
119th
of 191 countries
All-time high
66.67
in 2011
All-time low
56.67
in 2012
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

02040602005201220192005: 602006: 602007: 602008: 602009: 58.32010: 58.32011: 66.72012: 56.72013: 56.72014: 56.72015: 56.72016: 56.72017: 56.72018: 56.72019: 56.7

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Seychelles stood at 56.67. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

The figure is down 2.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Seychelles peaked at 66.67 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 56.67, in 2012.

Seychelles ranks 119th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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 Seychelles, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score in Seychelles, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 60 —
2006 60 +0.0%
2007 60 +0.0%
2008 60 +0.0%
2009 58.33 -2.8%
2010 58.33 +0.0%
2011 66.67 +14.3%
2012 56.67 -15.0%
2013 56.67 +0.0%
2014 56.67 +0.0%
2015 56.67 +0.0%
2016 56.67 +0.0%
2017 56.67 +0.0%
2018 56.67 +0.0%
2019 56.67 +0.0%

Seychelles compared with similar countries

  • Seychelles's 56.67 is below the median for high income countries, which is 88.33, 64% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Seychelles's 56.67 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 46.67, 1.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 59.67 58.33 60 5
2010s 57.83 56.67 66.67 10

Countries ranked near Seychelles

  1. 117 Barbados 58.33 compare
  2. 117 Palestine 58.33 compare
  3. 119 Belize 56.67 compare
  4. 119 Ethiopia 56.67 compare
  5. 122 Cape Verde 55 compare
  6. 122 Eritrea 55 compare
  7. 122 Suriname 55 compare
  8. 122 Tonga 55 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 Seychelles?
Paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Seychelles was 56.67 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in Seychelles?
The highest recorded value was 66.67 in 2011.
What is the lowest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in Seychelles?
The lowest recorded value was 56.67 in 2012.
How does Seychelles rank for paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score?
Seychelles ranks 119th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score rising or falling in Seychelles?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Seychelles 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.