Paying taxes: Postfiling index (0-100) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Belgium

Belgium: Paying taxes: Postfiling index (0-100) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 83.45 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
83.45
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
53rd
of 183 countries
All-time high
83.45
in 2015
All-time low
83.45
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Paying taxes: Postfiling index (0-100) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Belgium, 2015–2019

0204060802015201720192015: 83.52016: 83.52017: 83.52018: 83.52019: 83.5

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score in Belgium stood at 83.45. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over five years.

Belgium ranks 53rd of 183 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Paying taxes: Postfiling index (0-100) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Belgium, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Postfiling index (0-100) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Belgium, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 83.45 —
2016 83.45 +0.0%
2017 83.45 +0.0%
2018 83.45 +0.0%
2019 83.45 +0.0%

Belgium compared with similar countries

  • Belgium's 83.45 is below the median for high income countries, which is 83.6, 100% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Belgium's 83.45 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 83.45, 1.0× the median. (49 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Belgium

  1. 50 Belize 85.09 compare
  2. 51 Azerbaijan 83.79 compare
  3. 52 Luxembourg 83.75 compare
  4. 54 Switzerland 83.21 compare
  5. 55 Eswatini 83.15 compare
  6. 56 Botswana 82.7 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score in Belgium?
Paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score in Belgium was 83.45 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Belgium?
The highest recorded value was 83.45 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Belgium?
The lowest recorded value was 83.45 in 2015.
How does Belgium rank for paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Belgium ranks 53rd out of 183 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Belgium data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes: Postfiling index (0-100) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Paying taxes: Postfiling index (0-100) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
183 places, 915 data points, 2015–2019
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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.