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

New Zealand ranks 12th out of 180 countries with data for 2019.

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

Name: Paying taxes: Postfiling index (0-100) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in New Zealand
Creator: World Bank
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

New Zealand: Paying taxes: Postfiling index (0-100) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 96.9 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)

96.9

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

12th

of 180 countries

All-time high

96.9

in 2015

All-time low

96.9

in 2015

Years of data

2015–2019

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

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score in New Zealand is 96.9, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over five years.

That places New Zealand 12th out of 180 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

Countries ranked near New Zealand

9 Latvia 98.11 compare
10 Germany 97.67 compare
11 Lithuania 97.52 compare
13 Yemen 96.34 compare
14 South Sudan 95.87 compare
15 Sierra Leone 95.41 compare

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More reference data data for New Zealand

Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 10.93 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0459 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 10.93 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 9.92 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.4532 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Crop Residues 66.23 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Crop Residues 66.23 (2050)
Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 32.24 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Burning - Crop residues 3.98 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Agricultural Soils 12,188 (2050)

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score in New Zealand?: Paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score in New Zealand was 96.9 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in New Zealand?: The highest recorded value was 96.9 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in New Zealand?: The lowest recorded value was 96.9 in 2015.
How does New Zealand rank for paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score?: New Zealand ranks 12th out of 180 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this New Zealand 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.