How does Japan rank for paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score?

Japan ranks 17th out of 180 countries with data for 2019.

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

Name: Paying taxes: Postfiling index (0-100) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Japan
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Japan: Paying taxes: Postfiling index (0-100) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 95.15 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)

95.15

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

17th

of 180 countries

All-time high

95.15

in 2015

All-time low

95.15

in 2015

Years of data

2015–2019

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

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score in Japan stood at 95.15. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over five years.

That places Japan 17th out of 180 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

Countries ranked near Japan

14 South Sudan 95.87 compare
15 Sierra Leone 95.41 compare
16 Australia 95.34 compare
18 Bhutan 95.04 compare
19 Angola 94.95 compare
20 United States 94.04 compare

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Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 6,290 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Manure Management 1,291 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 15,608 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 19.52 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0.0529 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Manure applied to Soils 1,056 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Manure left on Pasture 1,475 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied to 1,056 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Enteric Fermentat 7,256 (2050)

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score in Japan?: Paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score in Japan was 95.15 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Japan?: The highest recorded value was 95.15 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Japan?: The lowest recorded value was 95.15 in 2015.
How does Japan rank for paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score?: Japan ranks 17th out of 180 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Japan 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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Indicator: Paying taxes: Postfiling index (0-100) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score
Source: World Bank
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 182 places, 910 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026

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.