Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score in Kenya

Kenya: Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score was 84.3% in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
84.3%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
99th
of 191 countries
All-time high
84.4%
in 2014
All-time low
65.6%
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score in Kenya, 2005–2019

0204060802005201220192005: 65.62006: 65.62007: 66.32008: 66.32009: 66.32010: 66.32011: 672012: 74.82013: 842014: 84.42015: 84.42016: 84.12017: 84.12018: 84.32019: 84.3

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score in Kenya is 84.3%, measured in 2019.

That represents a change of up 27.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score in Kenya peaked at 84.4% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 65.6%, in 2005.

Kenya ranks 99th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.

Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score in Kenya, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score in Kenya, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 65.6%
2006 65.6% +0.0%
2007 66.3% +1.1%
2008 66.3% +0.0%
2009 66.3% +0.0%
2010 66.3% +0.0%
2011 67.0% +1.0%
2012 74.8% +11.6%
2013 84.0% +12.3%
2014 84.4% +0.5%
2015 84.4% +0.0%
2016 84.1% -0.4%
2017 84.1% +0.0%
2018 84.3% +0.3%
2019 84.3% +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 66.0% 65.6% 66.3% 5
2010s 79.8% 66.3% 84.4% 10

Countries ranked near Kenya

  1. 96 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 84.6% compare
  2. 97 Papua New Guinea 84.5% compare
  3. 98 Panama 84.3% compare
  4. 100 Cape Verde 84.0% compare
  5. 101 Viet Nam 83.7% compare
  6. 102 Ethiopia 83.6% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score in Kenya?
Paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score in Kenya was 84.3% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score recorded in Kenya?
The highest recorded value was 84.4% in 2014.
What is the lowest paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score recorded in Kenya?
The lowest recorded value was 65.6% in 2005.
How does Kenya rank for paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score?
Kenya ranks 99th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score rising or falling in Kenya?
Over the last ten years it is up 27.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Kenya 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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Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 2,794 data points, 2005–2019
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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.