Number of taxes - Country rankings
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Number of taxes paid by businesses, 2019:
The average for 2019 based on 184 countries was 23 taxes. The highest value was in Venezuela: 99 taxes and the lowest value was in Bahrain: 3 taxes. The indicator is available from 2005 to 2019. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: taxes; Source: The World Bank (doing business survey)
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Countries | Number of taxes, 2019 | Global rank | Available data |
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Venezuela | 99 | 1 | 2005 - 2019 |
Honduras | 59 | 2 | 2005 - 2019 |
Tanzania | 59 | 3 | 2005 - 2019 |
Ant.& Barb. | 57 | 4 | 2005 - 2019 |
C.A. Republic | 56 | 5 | 2005 - 2019 |
Benin | 54 | 6 | 2005 - 2019 |
Chad | 54 | 7 | 2005 - 2019 |
Senegal | 53 | 8 | 2005 - 2019 |
DR Congo | 52 | 9 | 2005 - 2019 |
Zimbabwe | 51 | 10 | 2005 - 2019 |
Gabon | 50 | 11 | 2005 - 2019 |
R. of Congo | 50 | 12 | 2005 - 2019 |
Gambia | 49 | 13 | 2005 - 2019 |
Togo | 49 | 14 | 2005 - 2019 |
Nigeria | 48 | 15 | 2013 - 2019 |
Haiti | 47 | 16 | 2005 - 2019 |
Eq. Guinea | 46 | 17 | 2005 - 2019 |
G.-Bissau | 46 | 18 | 2005 - 2019 |
Nepal | 46 | 19 | 2005 - 2019 |
S.T.&Principe | 46 | 20 | 2005 - 2019 |
Burkina Faso | 45 | 21 | 2005 - 2019 |
Papua N.G. | 45 | 22 | 2005 - 2019 |
Cameroon | 44 | 23 | 2005 - 2019 |
Yemen | 44 | 24 | 2005 - 2019 |
Nicaragua | 43 | 25 | 2005 - 2019 |
Bolivia | 42 | 26 | 2005 - 2019 |
Grenada | 42 | 27 | 2005 - 2019 |
Sudan | 42 | 28 | 2005 - 2019 |
Niger | 41 | 29 | 2005 - 2019 |
Cambodia | 40 | 30 | 2005 - 2019 |
Tr.&Tobago | 39 | 31 | 2005 - 2019 |
Fiji | 38 | 32 | 2005 - 2019 |
Dominica | 37 | 33 | 2005 - 2019 |
Mozambique | 37 | 34 | 2005 - 2019 |
Samoa | 37 | 35 | 2005 - 2019 |
Ghana | 36 | 36 | 2005 - 2019 |
Panama | 36 | 37 | 2005 - 2019 |
St. Vincent & ... | 36 | 38 | 2005 - 2019 |
Sri Lanka | 36 | 39 | 2005 - 2019 |
Albania | 35 | 40 | 2005 - 2019 |
Djibouti | 35 | 41 | 2005 - 2019 |
Guyana | 35 | 42 | 2005 - 2019 |
Laos | 35 | 43 | 2005 - 2019 |
Malawi | 35 | 44 | 2005 - 2019 |
Mali | 35 | 45 | 2005 - 2019 |
Saint Lucia | 35 | 46 | 2005 - 2019 |
Botswana | 34 | 47 | 2005 - 2019 |
Liechtenstein | 34 | 48 | 2018 - 2019 |
Pakistan | 34 | 49 | 2013 - 2019 |
Sierra Leone | 34 | 50 | 2005 - 2019 |
Solomon Isl. | 34 | 51 | 2005 - 2019 |
Bangladesh | 33 | 52 | 2013 - 2019 |
Bosnia & Herz. | 33 | 53 | 2005 - 2019 |
Comoros | 33 | 54 | 2005 - 2019 |
Guinea | 33 | 55 | 2005 - 2019 |
Liberia | 33 | 56 | 2006 - 2019 |
Mauritania | 33 | 57 | 2005 - 2019 |
Serbia | 33 | 58 | 2005 - 2019 |
Swaziland | 33 | 59 | 2005 - 2019 |
Lesotho | 32 | 60 | 2005 - 2019 |
Angola | 31 | 61 | 2005 - 2019 |
Burma | 31 | 62 | 2012 - 2019 |
Uganda | 31 | 63 | 2005 - 2019 |
Vanuatu | 31 | 64 | 2005 - 2019 |
Cape Verde | 30 | 65 | 2005 - 2019 |
Eritrea | 30 | 66 | 2005 - 2019 |
Suriname | 30 | 67 | 2005 - 2019 |
Tonga | 30 | 68 | 2005 - 2019 |
Belize | 29 | 69 | 2005 - 2019 |
Ethiopia | 29 | 70 | 2005 - 2019 |
Seychelles | 29 | 71 | 2005 - 2019 |
Barbados | 28 | 72 | 2011 - 2019 |
Palestine | 28 | 73 | 2005 - 2019 |
Algeria | 27 | 74 | 2005 - 2019 |
Egypt | 27 | 75 | 2005 - 2019 |
Namibia | 27 | 76 | 2005 - 2019 |
Indonesia | 26 | 77 | 2013 - 2019 |
Kyrgyzstan | 26 | 78 | 2005 - 2019 |
Ivory Coast | 25 | 79 | 2005 - 2019 |
Burundi | 24 | 80 | 2005 - 2019 |
Kenya | 24 | 81 | 2005 - 2019 |
Luxembourg | 23 | 82 | 2006 - 2019 |
Madagascar | 23 | 83 | 2005 - 2019 |
Iceland | 21 | 84 | 2005 - 2019 |
Micronesia | 21 | 85 | 2005 - 2019 |
Thailand | 21 | 86 | 2005 - 2019 |
Bahamas | 20 | 87 | 2007 - 2019 |
Iran | 20 | 88 | 2005 - 2019 |
Lebanon | 20 | 89 | 2005 - 2019 |
Syria | 20 | 90 | 2005 - 2019 |
Uruguay | 20 | 91 | 2005 - 2019 |
Afghanistan | 19 | 92 | 2005 - 2019 |
Japan | 19 | 93 | 2013 - 2019 |
Libya | 19 | 94 | 2012 - 2019 |
Mongolia | 19 | 95 | 2005 - 2019 |
Paraguay | 19 | 96 | 2005 - 2019 |
Switzerland | 19 | 97 | 2005 - 2019 |
Bhutan | 18 | 98 | 2005 - 2019 |
Montenegro | 18 | 99 | 2006 - 2019 |
San Marino | 18 | 100 | 2012 - 2019 |
Maldives | 17 | 101 | 2005 - 2019 |
Cyprus | 16 | 102 | 2008 - 2019 |
Puerto Rico | 16 | 103 | 2005 - 2019 |
Armenia | 15 | 104 | 2005 - 2019 |
Iraq | 15 | 105 | 2005 - 2019 |
Oman | 15 | 106 | 2005 - 2019 |
Bulgaria | 14 | 107 | 2005 - 2019 |
Italy | 14 | 108 | 2005 - 2019 |
Romania | 14 | 109 | 2005 - 2019 |
Philippines | 13 | 110 | 2005 - 2019 |
Austria | 12 | 111 | 2005 - 2019 |
Croatia | 12 | 112 | 2005 - 2019 |
Kuwait | 12 | 113 | 2005 - 2019 |
South Korea | 12 | 114 | 2005 - 2019 |
Australia | 11 | 115 | 2005 - 2019 |
Belgium | 11 | 116 | 2005 - 2019 |
Hungary | 11 | 117 | 2005 - 2019 |
India | 11 | 118 | 2013 - 2019 |
Jamaica | 11 | 119 | 2005 - 2019 |
Kiribati | 11 | 120 | 2005 - 2019 |
Palau | 11 | 121 | 2005 - 2019 |
USA | 11 | 122 | 2013 - 2019 |
Zambia | 11 | 123 | 2005 - 2019 |
Brazil | 10 | 124 | 2013 - 2019 |
Colombia | 10 | 125 | 2005 - 2019 |
Costa Rica | 10 | 126 | 2005 - 2019 |
Denmark | 10 | 127 | 2005 - 2019 |
Kazakhstan | 10 | 128 | 2005 - 2019 |
Lithuania | 10 | 129 | 2005 - 2019 |
Moldova | 10 | 130 | 2005 - 2019 |
Slovenia | 10 | 131 | 2005 - 2019 |
Turkey | 10 | 132 | 2005 - 2019 |
Argentina | 9 | 133 | 2005 - 2019 |
Azerbaijan | 9 | 134 | 2005 - 2019 |
France | 9 | 135 | 2005 - 2019 |
Germany | 9 | 136 | 2005 - 2019 |
Ireland | 9 | 137 | 2005 - 2019 |
Jordan | 9 | 138 | 2005 - 2019 |
Malaysia | 9 | 139 | 2005 - 2019 |
Netherlands | 9 | 140 | 2005 - 2019 |
Russia | 9 | 141 | 2013 - 2019 |
Rwanda | 9 | 142 | 2005 - 2019 |
Spain | 9 | 143 | 2005 - 2019 |
UK | 9 | 144 | 2005 - 2019 |
Uzbekistan | 9 | 145 | 2005 - 2019 |
Canada | 8 | 146 | 2005 - 2019 |
Czechia | 8 | 147 | 2005 - 2019 |
Ecuador | 8 | 148 | 2005 - 2019 |
Estonia | 8 | 149 | 2005 - 2019 |
Finland | 8 | 150 | 2005 - 2019 |
Greece | 8 | 151 | 2005 - 2019 |
Guatemala | 8 | 152 | 2005 - 2019 |
Malta | 8 | 153 | 2011 - 2019 |
Mauritius | 8 | 154 | 2005 - 2019 |
Peru | 8 | 155 | 2005 - 2019 |
Portugal | 8 | 156 | 2005 - 2019 |
Slovakia | 8 | 157 | 2005 - 2019 |
Tunisia | 8 | 158 | 2005 - 2019 |
Belarus | 7 | 159 | 2005 - 2019 |
Chile | 7 | 160 | 2005 - 2019 |
China | 7 | 161 | 2013 - 2019 |
Domin. Rep. | 7 | 162 | 2005 - 2019 |
El Salvador | 7 | 163 | 2005 - 2019 |
Latvia | 7 | 164 | 2005 - 2019 |
New Zealand | 7 | 165 | 2005 - 2019 |
North Macedonia | 7 | 166 | 2005 - 2019 |
Poland | 7 | 167 | 2005 - 2019 |
South Africa | 7 | 168 | 2005 - 2019 |
Tajikistan | 7 | 169 | 2005 - 2019 |
Israel | 6 | 170 | 2005 - 2019 |
Mexico | 6 | 171 | 2013 - 2019 |
Morocco | 6 | 172 | 2005 - 2019 |
Sweden | 6 | 173 | 2005 - 2019 |
Vietnam | 6 | 174 | 2005 - 2019 |
Brunei | 5 | 175 | 2006 - 2019 |
Georgia | 5 | 176 | 2005 - 2019 |
Norway | 5 | 177 | 2005 - 2019 |
Singapore | 5 | 178 | 2005 - 2019 |
Ukraine | 5 | 179 | 2005 - 2019 |
UA Emirates | 5 | 180 | 2005 - 2019 |
Qatar | 4 | 181 | 2007 - 2019 |
Saudi Arabia | 4 | 182 | 2005 - 2019 |
Bahrain | 3 | 183 | 2007 - 2019 |
Hong Kong | 3 | 184 | 2005 - 2019 |
Definition: Tax payments by businesses are the total number of taxes paid by businesses, including electronic filing. The tax is counted as paid once a year even if payments are more frequent.
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