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

Germany: Paying taxes: Postfiling index (0-100) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 97.67 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
97.67
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
10th
of 183 countries
All-time high
97.67
in 2015
All-time low
97.67
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060801002015201720192015: 97.72016: 97.72017: 97.72018: 97.72019: 97.7

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Germany recorded 97.67 for paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is unchanged over five years.

Germany ranks 10th of 183 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Postfiling index (0-100) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Germany, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 97.67 —
2016 97.67 +0.0%
2017 97.67 +0.0%
2018 97.67 +0.0%
2019 97.67 +0.0%

Germany compared with similar countries

  • Germany's 97.67 is above the median for high income countries, which is 83.6, 1.2× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Germany's 97.67 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 83.45, 1.2× the median. (49 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Germany

  1. 7 Austria 98.54 compare
  2. 8 Mauritius 98.26 compare
  3. 9 Latvia 98.11 compare
  4. 11 Lithuania 97.52 compare
  5. 12 New Zealand 96.9 compare
  6. 13 Yemen 96.34 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score in Germany?
Paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score in Germany was 97.67 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Germany?
The highest recorded value was 97.67 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Germany?
The lowest recorded value was 97.67 in 2015.
How does Germany rank for paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Germany ranks 10th out of 183 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Germany 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.