Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score in Zambia
Zambia: Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score was 86.67 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score in Zambia, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 86.67 for paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is up 108.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Zambia peaked at 86.67 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 41.67, in 2005.
That places Zambia 65th out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 41.67 | 41.67 | 41.67 | 5 |
| 2010s | 59.33 | 41.67 | 86.67 | 10 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Zambia?
- Paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Zambia was 86.67 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 86.67 in 2017.
- What is the lowest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.67 in 2005.
- How does Zambia rank for paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score?
- Zambia ranks 65th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
- Is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 108.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zambia 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
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.