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

Malawi ranks 147th out of 180 countries with data for 2019.

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

Name: Paying taxes: Postfiling index (0-100) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Malawi
Creator: World Bank
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Malawi: Paying taxes: Postfiling index (0-100) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 33.18 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)

33.18

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

147th

of 180 countries

All-time high

33.41

in 2015

All-time low

33.18

in 2018

Years of data

2015–2019

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

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Malawi recorded 33.18 for paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% over five years.

That places Malawi 147th out of 180 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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More reference data data for Malawi

Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1596 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.09 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 3.71 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.3426 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 3.71 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.5353 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.6012 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 4.92 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 16.7 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.87 (2050)

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score in Malawi?: Paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score in Malawi was 33.18 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Malawi?: The highest recorded value was 33.41 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Malawi?: The lowest recorded value was 33.18 in 2018.
How does Malawi rank for paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score?: Malawi ranks 147th out of 180 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Malawi 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.