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

Singapore: Paying taxes: Postfiling index (0-100) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 71.97 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
71.97
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
75th
of 183 countries
All-time high
71.97
in 2015
All-time low
71.97
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 722016: 722017: 722018: 722019: 72

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score in Singapore stood at 71.97. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is unchanged over five years.

Singapore ranks 75th of 183 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Postfiling index (0-100) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Singapore, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 71.97 —
2016 71.97 +0.0%
2017 71.97 +0.0%
2018 71.97 +0.0%
2019 71.97 +0.0%

Singapore compared with similar countries

  • Singapore's 71.97 is below the median for high income countries, which is 83.6, 86% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Singapore's 71.97 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 68.82, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Singapore

  1. 72 Thailand 73.41 compare
  2. 73 Canada 73.23 compare
  3. 74 Uganda 72.28 compare
  4. 76 Senegal 71.81 compare
  5. 77 Bulgaria 71.25 compare
  6. 78 United Kingdom 71 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score in Singapore?
Paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score in Singapore was 71.97 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Singapore?
The highest recorded value was 71.97 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Singapore?
The lowest recorded value was 71.97 in 2015.
How does Singapore rank for paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Singapore ranks 75th out of 183 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Singapore 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.