Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score in Ghana
Ghana: Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score was 56.9% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score in Ghana, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 56.9% for paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of down 37.6% on the previous year and down 38.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score in Ghana peaked at 91.8% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 56.9%, in 2019.
That places Ghana 163rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score in Ghana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 81.6% | — |
| 2006 | 87.1% | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 91.6% | +5.1% |
| 2008 | 91.8% | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 91.8% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 91.8% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 90.5% | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 90.6% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 90.8% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 90.8% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 90.8% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 90.8% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 90.0% | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 91.3% | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 56.9% | -37.6% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 56.9% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 83.3%, 68% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 56.9% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 73.9%, 77% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score in Ghana changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | -37.6% | 91.3% | 56.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 88.8% | 81.6% | 91.8% | 5 |
| 2010s | 87.4% | 56.9% | 91.8% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More reference data data for Ghana
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2805 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.89 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.69 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1989 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.69 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.9405 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.9478 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 8.22 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 12.64 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.08 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score in Ghana?
- Paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score in Ghana was 56.9% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 91.8% in 2008.
- What is the lowest paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 56.9% in 2019.
- How does Ghana rank for paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score?
- Ghana ranks 163rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.