Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score in Malaysia
Malaysia: Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score was 82.2% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score in Malaysia, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 82.2% for paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score in 2019.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and down 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score in Malaysia peaked at 89.6% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 80.3%, in 2015.
That places Malaysia 108th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Malaysia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 86.0% | — |
| 2006 | 86.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 86.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 88.2% | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 89.6% | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 89.1% | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 88.8% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 88.0% | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 81.6% | -7.3% |
| 2014 | 81.3% | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 80.3% | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 80.3% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 81.5% | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 81.4% | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 82.2% | +0.9% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 82.2% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 86.4%, 95% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 82.2% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 91.7%, 90% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 87.2% | 86.0% | 89.6% | 5 |
| 2010s | 83.4% | 80.3% | 89.1% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 105 Latvia 83.0% compare
- 106 Madagascar 82.7% compare
- 107 Republic of Moldova 82.2% compare
- 109 Honduras 81.7% compare
- 110 Portugal 80.6% compare
- 111 Trinidad and Tobago 79.5% compare
More reference data data for Malaysia
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.7102 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.5869 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 4.62 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1487 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 4.62 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 2.38 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.64 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 3.29 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 21.1 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.8098 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score in Malaysia?
- Paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score in Malaysia was 82.2% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 89.6% in 2009.
- What is the lowest paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 80.3% in 2015.
- How does Malaysia rank for paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score?
- Malaysia ranks 108th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malaysia 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.