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

Tonga: Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score was 55 in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
55
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
122nd
of 191 countries
All-time high
83.33
in 2005
All-time low
55
in 2012
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060802005201220192005: 83.32006: 78.32007: 73.32008: 73.32009: 73.32010: 73.32011: 73.32012: 552013: 552014: 56.72015: 552016: 552017: 552018: 552019: 55

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Tonga stood at 55. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 25.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Tonga peaked at 83.33 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 55, in 2012.

Tonga ranks 122nd 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 Tonga, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score in Tonga, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 83.33 —
2006 78.33 -6.0%
2007 73.33 -6.4%
2008 73.33 +0.0%
2009 73.33 +0.0%
2010 73.33 +0.0%
2011 73.33 +0.0%
2012 55 -25.0%
2013 55 +0.0%
2014 56.67 +3.0%
2015 55 -2.9%
2016 55 +0.0%
2017 55 +0.0%
2018 55 +0.0%
2019 55 +0.0%

Tonga compared with similar countries

  • Tonga's 55 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 80, 69% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Tonga's 55 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 74.17, 74% of the median. (28 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 76.33 73.33 83.33 5
2010s 58.83 55 73.33 10

Countries ranked near Tonga

  1. 119 Belize 56.67 compare
  2. 119 Ethiopia 56.67 compare
  3. 119 Seychelles 56.67 compare
  4. 122 Cape Verde 55 compare
  5. 122 Eritrea 55 compare
  6. 122 Suriname 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 Tonga?
Paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Tonga was 55 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in Tonga?
The highest recorded value was 83.33 in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in Tonga?
The lowest recorded value was 55 in 2012.
How does Tonga rank for paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score?
Tonga ranks 122nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score rising or falling in Tonga?
Over the last ten years it is down 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Tonga 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.