Paying taxes: Postfiling index (0-100) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score by country
The score for postfiling index 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, and is computed based on the methodology in the DB17-20 studies.
Countries reporting
180
Highest
100
Solomon Islands
Lowest
0
Somalia
Median
61.41
Years covered
5
2015–2019
Data points
910
What the numbers show
Paying taxes: Postfiling index (0-100) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score is currently reported for 180 countries. The highest value is 100 in Solomon Islands; the lowest is 0 in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 61.41, and the mean is 60.67.
Paying taxes: Postfiling index (0-100) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solomon Islands | 100 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 1 | Turkey | 100 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 3 | Estonia | 99.38 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 98.85 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 5 | Liberia | 98.62 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 5 | Morocco | 98.62 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 7 | Austria | 98.54 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 8 | Mauritius | 98.26 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 9 | Latvia | 98.11 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 10 | Germany | 97.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 11 | Lithuania | 97.52 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 12 | New Zealand | 96.9 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 13 | Yemen | 96.34 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 14 | South Sudan | 95.87 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 15 | Sierra Leone | 95.41 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 16 | Australia | 95.34 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 17 | Japan | 95.15 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 18 | Bhutan | 95.04 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 19 | Angola | 94.95 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 20 | United States | 94.04 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 21 | South Korea | 93.93 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 22 | Spain | 93.6 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 23 | Ireland | 93.43 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 24 | Seychelles | 93.42 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 25 | Serbia | 93.23 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 26 | Eritrea | 93.12 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 26 | Equatorial Guinea | 93.12 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 28 | Finland | 93.09 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 29 | Portugal | 92.71 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 30 | France | 92.4 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 31 | Taiwan | 92.21 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 32 | Sao Tome and Principe | 92.2 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 32 | Syria | 92.2 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 34 | Israel | 92.05 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 35 | Netherlands | 91.95 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 36 | Moldova | 90.79 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 37 | Sweden | 90.75 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 38 | Czechia | 90.5 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 39 | Libya | 90.16 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 40 | Denmark | 89.06 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 41 | Hungary | 87.51 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 42 | Iceland | 87.2 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 43 | Slovakia | 87.17 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 44 | Costa Rica | 87.15 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 45 | Samoa | 86.55 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 46 | Ukraine | 85.95 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 47 | Zambia | 85.94 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 48 | Georgia | 85.89 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 49 | Oman | 85.32 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 50 | Belize | 85.09 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 51 | Azerbaijan | 83.79 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 52 | Luxembourg | 83.75 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 53 | Belgium | 83.45 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 54 | Switzerland | 83.21 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 55 | Eswatini | 83.15 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 56 | Botswana | 82.7 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 57 | Fiji | 81.62 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 58 | Cape Verde | 80.65 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 59 | Slovenia | 80.03 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 60 | Armenia | 79.43 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 61 | Dominica | 78.91 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 62 | Papua New Guinea | 78.52 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 63 | Russia | 77.79 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 64 | Poland | 77.36 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 65 | Namibia | 77.17 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 66 | Saint Lucia | 76.88 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 67 | Romania | 76.82 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Greece | 76.7 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 69 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 75.73 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 70 | Cyprus | 74.47 | 2019 | — | falling |
| 71 | Barbados | 74.08 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 72 | Thailand | 73.41 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 73 | Canada | 73.23 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 74 | Uganda | 72.28 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 75 | Singapore | 71.97 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 76 | Senegal | 71.81 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 77 | Bulgaria | 71.25 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 78 | United Kingdom | 71 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 79 | Montenegro | 70.49 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 80 | Antigua and Barbuda | 69.4 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 81 | Vanuatu | 69.04 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 82 | Indonesia | 68.82 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 83 | San Marino | 67.8 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 84 | Lesotho | 66.94 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 85 | Croatia | 66.66 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 86 | Cote d'Ivoire | 64.82 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 87 | Rwanda | 64.65 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 88 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 63.89 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 89 | Norway | 62.65 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 90 | Kenya | 62.03 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 91 | South Africa | 60.79 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 92 | Albania | 60.11 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 93 | Comoros | 57.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 94 | Chile | 57.03 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 95 | North Macedonia | 56.36 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 96 | Guyana | 54.24 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 97 | Nicaragua | 52.55 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 98 | Tonga | 52.53 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 99 | Malta | 52.51 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 100 | Tunisia | 52.5 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 101 | Italy | 52.39 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 102 | Zimbabwe | 52.38 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 103 | Ethiopia | 51.56 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 104 | Malaysia | 50.99 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 105 | Mozambique | 50.19 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 106 | Belarus | 50 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 106 | Bolivia | 50 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 106 | China | 50 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 106 | Philippines | 50 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 110 | Algeria | 49.77 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 111 | Ecuador | 49.54 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 111 | Ghana | 49.54 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 111 | El Salvador | 49.54 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Uruguay | 49.54 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 115 | Benin | 49.31 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 115 | Burkina Faso | 49.31 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 115 | Cameroon | 49.31 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 115 | India | 49.31 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Sri Lanka | 49.31 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 120 | Mongolia | 49.08 | 2019 | — | falling |
| 120 | Vietnam | 49.08 | 2019 | — | falling |
| 122 | Grenada | 48.85 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 122 | Kazakhstan | 48.85 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 124 | Suriname | 48.39 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 124 | Tanzania | 48.39 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 126 | Colombia | 48.17 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 126 | Haiti | 48.17 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 126 | Uzbekistan | 48.17 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 129 | Argentina | 47.94 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 130 | Gambia | 47.71 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 131 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 47.68 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 132 | Maldives | 47.48 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 132 | Nigeria | 47.48 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 134 | Paraguay | 46.56 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 135 | Guinea-Bissau | 46.26 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 136 | Myanmar | 45.54 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 137 | Bangladesh | 44.36 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 138 | Gabon | 42.47 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 139 | Mexico | 40.51 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 140 | Tajikistan | 40.4 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 141 | Kyrgyzstan | 37.38 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 142 | Egypt | 36.31 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 143 | Palestine | 35.72 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 144 | Jordan | 35.65 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 145 | Honduras | 35.14 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 146 | Nepal | 33.35 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 147 | Malawi | 33.18 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 148 | Guatemala | 33.04 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 149 | Saudi Arabia | 32.22 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 150 | Burundi | 28.21 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 151 | Lebanon | 27.48 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 152 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 27.08 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 153 | Kiribati | 26.68 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 154 | Cambodia | 25.97 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 155 | Mali | 25.71 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 156 | Niger | 25.62 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 157 | Madagascar | 21.84 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 158 | Iraq | 21.43 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 159 | Sudan | 20.2 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 160 | Venezuela | 19.72 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 161 | Jamaica | 19.68 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 162 | Trinidad and Tobago | 19.5 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 163 | Peru | 19.24 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 164 | Iran | 18.97 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 165 | Laos | 18.57 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 166 | Mauritania | 17.2 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 167 | Togo | 14.85 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 168 | Puerto Rico | 13.76 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 169 | Chad | 13.07 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 170 | Panama | 12.84 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 171 | Guinea | 12.77 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 172 | Congo | 12.29 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 173 | Dominican Republic | 10.71 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 174 | Pakistan | 10.49 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 175 | Brazil | 7.8 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 176 | Central African Republic | 5.13 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 177 | East Timor | 1.38 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 178 | Afghanistan | 0 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 178 | Brunei | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 178 | Somalia | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
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About this data
The score for postfiling index 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, and is computed based on the methodology in the DB17-20 studies.