Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score by country
The score for total tax and contribution rate 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.
Countries reporting
188
Highest
100.0%
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
1.3%
Eritrea
Median
84.7%
Years covered
15
2005–2019
Data points
2,794
What the numbers show
Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 1.3% in Eritrea.
The median across all reporting countries is 84.7%, and the mean is 78.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 78.
Over the past decade 93 countries rose and 60 fell. The largest increase was in Tajikistan (up 3,652.2%), and the largest decrease in Bolivia, Plurinational State of (down 87.4%).
Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Armenia | 100.0% | 2019 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Brunei Darussalam | 100.0% | 2019 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 1 | Botswana | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Canada | 100.0% | 2019 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 1 | Cyprus | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Denmark | 100.0% | 2019 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 1 | Georgia | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Hong Kong, China | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Croatia | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Israel | 100.0% | 2019 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 1 | Cambodia | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kuwait | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 100.0% | 2019 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 1 | Lesotho | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Luxembourg | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | North Macedonia | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Montenegro | 100.0% | 2019 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 1 | Mongolia | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Mauritius | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Namibia | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Palestine, State of | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Qatar | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Romania | 100.0% | 2019 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Singapore | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Timor-Leste | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Vanuatu | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Samoa | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kosovo | 100.0% | 2019 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 1 | Zambia | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 100.0% | 2019 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 35 | Ireland | 99.9% | 2019 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 36 | Yemen | 99.3% | 2019 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 37 | Oman | 98.2% | 2019 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 38 | Tonga | 98.0% | 2019 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 39 | Suriname | 97.5% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 40 | Bulgaria | 97.0% | 2019 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 41 | Kazakhstan | 96.8% | 2019 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 42 | Jordan | 96.6% | 2019 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 43 | Switzerland | 96.3% | 2019 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 44 | Kyrgyzstan | 96.0% | 2019 | up 90.5% | rising |
| 45 | South Africa | 95.7% | 2019 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 46 | Thailand | 95.3% | 2019 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 47 | Indonesia | 94.5% | 2019 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 48 | Seychelles | 94.4% | 2019 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 49 | Maldives | 94.3% | 2019 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 50 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 93.8% | 2019 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 51 | Guyana | 93.8% | 2019 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 52 | Sierra Leone | 93.6% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 53 | Iraq | 93.4% | 2019 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 54 | Slovenia | 93.1% | 2019 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 55 | Belize | 93.0% | 2019 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 56 | Myanmar | 92.9% | 2019 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 57 | South Sudan | 92.7% | 2019 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 58 | Uzbekistan | 92.3% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Zimbabwe | 92.3% | 2019 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 60 | Iceland | 91.9% | 2019 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 61 | Solomon Islands | 91.7% | 2019 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 62 | Fiji | 91.6% | 2019 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 63 | Lebanon | 91.4% | 2019 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 64 | Libya | 91.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 65 | Dominica | 90.9% | 2019 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 66 | Kiribati | 90.7% | 2019 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 67 | Republic of Korea | 90.1% | 2019 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 68 | Rwanda | 90.0% | 2019 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 69 | Bangladesh | 89.8% | 2019 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 70 | Uganda | 89.3% | 2019 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 71 | Bahamas | 89.2% | 2019 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 72 | Pakistan | 89.1% | 2019 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 73 | Chile | 88.9% | 2019 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 74 | Ecuador | 88.4% | 2019 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 75 | Malawi | 88.2% | 2019 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 76 | New Zealand | 88.0% | 2019 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 77 | Saint Lucia | 87.9% | 2019 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 78 | Nigeria | 87.8% | 2019 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 79 | Paraguay | 87.5% | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 80 | Jamaica | 87.3% | 2019 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 81 | Guatemala | 87.3% | 2019 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 82 | Bhutan | 87.1% | 2019 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 83 | Barbados | 86.6% | 2019 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 84 | Eswatini | 86.4% | 2019 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 85 | Mozambique | 86.0% | 2019 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 86 | Norway | 85.8% | 2019 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 87 | San Marino | 85.8% | 2019 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 88 | El Salvador | 85.6% | 2019 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 89 | Serbia | 85.2% | 2019 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 90 | Albania | 85.2% | 2019 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 91 | United States of America | 85.2% | 2019 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 92 | Finland | 85.1% | 2019 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 93 | Taiwan, China | 84.9% | 2019 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 94 | Peru | 84.8% | 2019 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 95 | Sao Tome and Principe | 84.6% | 2019 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 96 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 84.6% | 2019 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 97 | Papua New Guinea | 84.5% | 2019 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 98 | Panama | 84.3% | 2019 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 99 | Kenya | 84.3% | 2019 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 100 | Cape Verde | 84.0% | 2019 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 101 | Viet Nam | 83.7% | 2019 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 102 | Ethiopia | 83.6% | 2019 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 103 | Hungary | 83.4% | 2019 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 104 | Djibouti | 83.3% | 2019 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 105 | Latvia | 83.0% | 2019 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 106 | Madagascar | 82.7% | 2019 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 107 | Republic of Moldova | 82.2% | 2019 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 108 | Malaysia | 82.2% | 2019 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 109 | Honduras | 81.7% | 2019 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 110 | Portugal | 80.6% | 2019 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 111 | Trinidad and Tobago | 79.5% | 2019 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 112 | Azerbaijan | 79.3% | 2019 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 113 | Poland | 79.1% | 2019 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 114 | Burundi | 78.6% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Netherlands | 78.5% | 2019 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 116 | Burkina Faso | 78.4% | 2019 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 117 | Uruguay | 77.6% | 2019 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 118 | Nepal | 77.6% | 2019 | down 14.7% | flat |
| 119 | Türkiye | 76.9% | 2019 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 120 | Lithuania | 76.5% | 2019 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 121 | Syrian Arab Republic | 76.4% | 2019 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 122 | Haiti | 76.4% | 2019 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 123 | Antigua and Barbuda | 75.9% | 2019 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 124 | Philippines | 75.8% | 2019 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 125 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 74.7% | 2019 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 126 | Malta | 74.4% | 2019 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 127 | Egypt | 73.9% | 2019 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 128 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 73.3% | 2019 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 129 | Senegal | 73.2% | 2019 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 130 | Ukraine | 72.6% | 2019 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 131 | Sudan | 72.3% | 2019 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 132 | Guinea-Bissau | 72.2% | 2019 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 133 | Morocco | 71.7% | 2019 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 134 | Czechia | 71.2% | 2019 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 135 | Russian Federation | 71.1% | 2019 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 136 | Liberia | 71.1% | 2019 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 137 | Japan | 70.3% | 2019 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 138 | Spain | 69.9% | 2019 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 139 | Gabon | 69.7% | 2019 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 140 | Niger | 69.5% | 2019 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 141 | Australia | 69.3% | 2019 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 142 | Grenada | 68.7% | 2019 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 143 | Estonia | 68.7% | 2019 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 144 | Togo | 68.1% | 2019 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 145 | Gambia | 67.8% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Dominican Republic | 67.1% | 2019 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 147 | Germany | 67.1% | 2019 | down 10.1% | flat |
| 148 | Benin | 66.9% | 2019 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 149 | Sweden | 66.7% | 2019 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 150 | Angola | 66.6% | 2019 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 151 | India | 65.8% | 2019 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 152 | Slovakia | 65.8% | 2019 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 153 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 65.7% | 2019 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 154 | Côte d'Ivoire | 65.2% | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 155 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 64.2% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 156 | Austria | 63.1% | 2019 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 157 | Greece | 62.5% | 2019 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 158 | Belarus | 60.1% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Congo | 58.7% | 2019 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 160 | Mali | 58.4% | 2019 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 161 | Mexico | 57.3% | 2019 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 162 | Sri Lanka | 57.2% | 2019 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 163 | Ghana | 56.9% | 2019 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 164 | Belgium | 56.8% | 2019 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 165 | Cameroon | 53.2% | 2019 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 166 | Costa Rica | 52.2% | 2019 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 167 | Italy | 51.0% | 2019 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 168 | China | 50.7% | 2019 | up 504.4% | volatile |
| 169 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 48.6% | 2019 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 170 | Nicaragua | 48.4% | 2019 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 171 | Tunisia | 48.2% | 2019 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 172 | France | 48.2% | 2019 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 173 | Chad | 43.6% | 2019 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 174 | Puerto Rico | 42.1% | 2019 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 175 | Brazil | 40.8% | 2019 | down 12.1% | flat |
| 176 | Marshall Islands | 39.4% | 2019 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 177 | Algeria | 39.0% | 2019 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 178 | Mauritania | 37.5% | 2019 | up 102.6% | volatile |
| 179 | Tajikistan | 37.1% | 2019 | up 3,652.2% | volatile |
| 180 | Guinea | 33.4% | 2019 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 181 | Colombia | 29.9% | 2019 | up 649.7% | volatile |
| 182 | Afghanistan | 29.5% | 2019 | down 65.9% | falling |
| 183 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 25.9% | 2019 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 184 | Central African Republic | 25.8% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 185 | Palau | 19.2% | 2019 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 186 | Equatorial Guinea | 13.2% | 2019 | down 81.1% | falling |
| 187 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.5% | 2019 | down 87.4% | volatile |
| 188 | Eritrea | 1.3% | 2019 | — | volatile |
About this data
The score for total tax and contribution rate 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.