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

East Timor: Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score was 75 in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
75
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
89th
of 191 countries
All-time high
95
in 2009
All-time low
75
in 2012
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060801002005201220192005: 802006: 802007: 802008: 802009: 952010: 952011: 952012: 752013: 752014: 752015: 752016: 752017: 752018: 752019: 75

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

East Timor recorded 75 for paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of down 21.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in East Timor peaked at 95 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 75, in 2012.

That places East Timor 89th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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 East Timor, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score in East Timor, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 80 —
2006 80 +0.0%
2007 80 +0.0%
2008 80 +0.0%
2009 95 +18.8%
2010 95 +0.0%
2011 95 +0.0%
2012 75 -21.1%
2013 75 +0.0%
2014 75 +0.0%
2015 75 +0.0%
2016 75 +0.0%
2017 75 +0.0%
2018 75 +0.0%
2019 75 +0.0%

East Timor compared with similar countries

  • East Timor's 75 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 50, 1.5× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • East Timor's 75 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 74.17, 1.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 83 80 95 5
2010s 79 75 95 10

Countries ranked near East Timor

  1. 86 Cyprus 78.33 compare
  2. 86 Puerto Rico 78.33 compare
  3. 88 Maldives 76.67 compare
  4. 89 Bhutan 75 compare
  5. 89 Montenegro 75 compare
  6. 89 San Marino 75 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in East Timor?
Paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in East Timor was 75 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in East Timor?
The highest recorded value was 95 in 2009.
What is the lowest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in East Timor?
The lowest recorded value was 75 in 2012.
How does East Timor rank for paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score?
East Timor ranks 89th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score rising or falling in East Timor?
Over the last ten years it is down 21.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this East Timor 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.