Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score was 84.5% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score in Papua New Guinea, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 84.5% for paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.0% on the previous year and up 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score in Papua New Guinea peaked at 84.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 77.2%, in 2009.
That places Papua New Guinea 97th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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 Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 78.0% | — |
| 2006 | 78.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 78.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 78.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 77.2% | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 77.2% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 77.2% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 77.2% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 81.2% | +5.2% |
| 2014 | 81.2% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 81.2% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 81.2% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 81.2% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 81.2% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 84.5% | +4.0% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 84.5% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 83.3%, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 84.5% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 91.7%, 92% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 77.9% | 77.2% | 78.0% | 5 |
| 2010s | 80.4% | 77.2% | 84.5% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 94 Peru 84.8% compare
- 95 Sao Tome and Principe 84.6% compare
- 96 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 84.6% compare
- 98 Panama 84.3% compare
- 99 Kenya 84.3% compare
- 100 Cape Verde 84.0% compare
More reference data data for Papua New Guinea
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2042 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0498 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.3515 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0007 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.3515 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.6846 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.5295 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.2811 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.89 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0038 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score in Papua New Guinea?
- Paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score in Papua New Guinea was 84.5% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 84.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 77.2% in 2009.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 97th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.