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

Hungary: Paying taxes: Postfiling index (0-100) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 87.51 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
87.51
Change on year
up 2.3%
World rank
41st
of 183 countries
All-time high
87.51
in 2019
All-time low
63.94
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 63.92016: 63.92017: 85.62018: 85.62019: 87.5

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score in Hungary stood at 87.51. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 36.9% over five years.

That places Hungary 41st out of 183 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Postfiling index (0-100) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Hungary, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 63.94 —
2016 63.94 +0.0%
2017 85.58 +33.8%
2018 85.58 +0.0%
2019 87.51 +2.3%

Hungary compared with similar countries

  • Hungary's 87.51 is above the median for high income countries, which is 83.6, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Hungary's 87.51 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 83.45, 1.0× the median. (49 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Hungary

  1. 38 Czechia 90.5 compare
  2. 39 Libya 90.16 compare
  3. 40 Denmark 89.06 compare
  4. 42 Iceland 87.2 compare
  5. 43 Slovakia 87.17 compare
  6. 44 Costa Rica 87.15 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score in Hungary?
Paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score in Hungary was 87.51 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Hungary?
The highest recorded value was 87.51 in 2019.
What is the lowest paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Hungary?
The lowest recorded value was 63.94 in 2015.
How does Hungary rank for paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Hungary ranks 41st out of 183 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Hungary 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.