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

Paraguay: Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score was 87.5% in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
87.5%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
79th
of 191 countries
All-time high
87.5%
in 2008
All-time low
58.3%
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060802005201220192005: 58.32006: 73.22007: 87.42008: 87.52009: 87.52010: 87.52011: 87.52012: 87.52013: 87.52014: 87.52015: 87.52016: 87.52017: 87.52018: 87.52019: 87.5

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score in Paraguay is 87.5%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

The figure is unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score in Paraguay peaked at 87.5% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 58.3%, in 2005.

Paraguay ranks 79th 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 Paraguay, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score in Paraguay, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 58.3%
2006 73.2% +25.6%
2007 87.4% +19.4%
2008 87.5% +0.2%
2009 87.5% +0.0%
2010 87.5% -0.0%
2011 87.5% +0.0%
2012 87.5% +0.0%
2013 87.5% +0.0%
2014 87.5% +0.0%
2015 87.5% +0.0%
2016 87.5% +0.0%
2017 87.5% +0.0%
2018 87.5% +0.0%
2019 87.5% +0.0%

Paraguay compared with similar countries

  • Paraguay's 87.5% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 86.4%, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Paraguay's 87.5% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 81.7%, 1.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 78.8% 58.3% 87.5% 5
2010s 87.5% 87.5% 87.5% 10

Countries ranked near Paraguay

  1. 76 New Zealand 88.0% compare
  2. 77 Saint Lucia 87.9% compare
  3. 78 Nigeria 87.8% compare
  4. 80 Jamaica 87.3% compare
  5. 81 Guatemala 87.3% compare
  6. 82 Bhutan 87.1% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score in Paraguay?
Paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score in Paraguay was 87.5% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score recorded in Paraguay?
The highest recorded value was 87.5% in 2008.
What is the lowest paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score recorded in Paraguay?
The lowest recorded value was 58.3% in 2005.
How does Paraguay rank for paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score?
Paraguay ranks 79th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score rising or falling in Paraguay?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Paraguay 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.