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

Iran: Paying taxes: Postfiling index (0-100) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 18.97 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
18.97
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
167th
of 183 countries
All-time high
18.97
in 2018
All-time low
11.63
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

051015202015201720192015: 11.62016: 11.62017: 11.62018: 192019: 19

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score in Iran stood at 18.97. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 63.1% over five years.

Iran ranks 167th of 183 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Postfiling index (0-100) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Iran, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 11.63 —
2016 11.63 +0.0%
2017 11.63 +0.0%
2018 18.97 +63.1%
2019 18.97 +0.0%

Iran compared with similar countries

  • Iran's 18.97 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 50.49, 38% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
  • Iran's 18.97 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 36.31, 52% of the median. (19 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Iran

  1. 164 Jamaica 19.68 compare
  2. 165 Trinidad and Tobago 19.5 compare
  3. 166 Peru 19.24 compare
  4. 168 Laos 18.57 compare
  5. 169 Mauritania 17.2 compare
  6. 170 Togo 14.85 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score in Iran?
Paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score in Iran was 18.97 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Iran?
The highest recorded value was 18.97 in 2018.
What is the lowest paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Iran?
The lowest recorded value was 11.63 in 2015.
How does Iran rank for paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Iran ranks 167th out of 183 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Iran 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.