Data tables

The table below displays the data from the Paying Taxes 2009 survey. To sort the table, click on each column header.

Rankings (181 total economies)

Country tax data

Economy	Ease of paying taxes	Time to comply	Tax payments	Total Tax Rate* (TTR)	Tax payments (payments/yr)	Time to comply (hrs/yr)	Total Tax Rate* (TTR)
Vanuatu	20	94	31	1	31	120	0.084
Maldives	1	1	1	2	1	0	0.091
Qatar	2	1	3	3	1	36	0.113
United Arab Emirates	4	38	2	4	14	12	0.144
Kuwait	9	38	29	5	14	118	0.144
Saudi Arabia	7	38	14	6	14	79	0.145
Bahrain	15	82	3	7	25	36	0.150
Zambia	38	120	39	8	37	131	0.161
West Bank and Gaza	25	86	51	9	27	154	0.168
Botswana	17	57	43	10	19	140	0.171
Lesotho	54	66	128	11	21	324	0.180
Macedonia, FYR	27	127	11	12	40	75	0.184
São Tomé and Principe	60	120	83	13	37	224	0.189
Luxembourg	14	70	6	14	22	59	0.210
Oman	8	38	8	15	14	62	0.216
Mauritius	11	7	56	16	7	161	0.222
Cambodia	24	86	42	17	27	137	0.226
Hong Kong, China	3	4	15	18	4	80	0.242
Iraq	43	36	125	19	13	312	0.247
Namibia	96	120	142	20	37	375	0.253
Chile	41	26	126	21	10	316	0.259
Iceland	32	94	43	22	31	140	0.268
Tonga	31	76	57	23	23	164	0.275
Suriname	26	52	72	24	17	198	0.279
Singapore	5	6	18	25	5	84	0.279
Belize	53	127	50	26	40	147	0.282
Timor-Leste	75	44	168	27	15	640	0.283
Ireland	6	16	12	28	9	76	0.288
Pakistan	124	145	163	29	47	560	0.289
Switzerland	19	80	9	30	24	63	0.289
Denmark	13	16	41	31	9	135	0.299
Mongolia	79	134	76	32	42	204	0.303
Jordan	22	84	22	33	26	101	0.311
Ethiopia	37	62	71	34	20	198	0.311
Malawi	58	57	121	35	19	292	0.314
Sudan	67	134	62	36	42	180	0.316
Montenegro	139	177	141	37	89	372	0.318
Kiribati	10	7	31	38	7	120	0.318
Nigeria	120	116	175	39	35	938	0.322
Côte d'Ivoire	33	52	68	40	17	196	0.325
Ghana	65	105	83	41	33	224	0.327
Latvia	36	7	117	42	7	279	0.330
Trinidad and Tobago	51	127	26	43	40	114	0.331
Rwanda	56	111	54	44	34	160	0.337
Korea (South)	43	38	97	45	14	250	0.337
Lao PDR	113	111	163	46	34	560	0.337
Israel	77	105	89	47	33	230	0.339
St. Lucia	29	99	7	48	32	61	0.340
Serbia	126	172	117	49	66	279	0.340
Nepal	107	111	147	50	34	408	0.341
South Africa	23	16	73	51	9	200	0.342
Mozambique	88	120	89	52	37	230	0.343
Malaysia	21	33	49	53	12	145	0.345
Uganda	70	99	81	54	32	222	0.345
Bulgaria	94	52	167	55	17	616	0.349
El Salvador	124	154	127	56	53	320	0.349
Ecuador	69	10	165	57	8	600	0.349
Paraguay	102	116	130	58	35	328	0.350
United Kingdom	16	10	24	59	8	105	0.353
New Zealand	12	10	10	60	8	70	0.356
Dominican Republic	72	16	158	61	9	480	0.357
Liberia	59	99	53	62	32	157	0.358
Lebanon	45	57	62	63	19	180	0.360
Solomon Islands	47	105	15	64	33	80	0.363
Kazakhstan	49	16	111	65	9	271	0.364
Afghanistan	49	10	116	66	8	275	0.364
Guatemala	120	126	137	67	39	344	0.365
Armenia	150	149	176	68	50	958	0.366
Swaziland	52	105	23	69	33	104	0.366
Slovenia	78	70	101	70	22	260	0.367
Dominica	63	124	31	71	38	120	0.370
Indonesia	116	151	103	72	51	266	0.373
Brunei	35	44	48	73	15	144	0.374
Thailand	82	76	102	74	23	264	0.378
Georgia	110	92	145	75	30	387	0.386
Djibouti	61	116	26	76	35	114	0.387
Netherlands	30	16	62	77	9	180	0.391
Guyana	108	111	120	78	34	288	0.394
Bangladesh	90	66	123	79	21	302	0.395
Bhutan	82	57	115	80	19	274	0.398
Haiti	91	134	54	81	42	160	0.401
Vietnam	140	99	177	82	32	1050	0.401
Poland	142	127	151	83	40	418	0.402
Taiwan, China	100	76	136	84	23	340	0.404
Azerbaijan	102	76	143	85	23	375	0.411
Peru	85	16	152	86	9	424	0.412
Fiji	71	105	43	87	33	140	0.415
Norway	18	4	19	88	4	87	0.416
Papua New Guinea	87	105	66	89	33	193	0.417
Moldova	123	154	91	90	53	234	0.421
Niger	120	134	105	91	42	270	0.423
United States	46	26	65	92	10	187	0.423
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	76	119	28	93	36	116	0.426
Madagascar	92	82	93	94	25	238	0.428
Syria	99	62	134	95	20	336	0.435
Portugal	73	10	130	96	8	328	0.436
Bosnia and Herzegovina	154	151	154	97	51	428	0.441
Iran	104	70	137	98	22	344	0.442
Burkina Faso	132	142	105	99	45	270	0.446
Morocco	119	89	140	100	28	358	0.446
Gabon	101	84	113	101	26	272	0.447
Tanzania	109	148	60	102	48	172	0.451
Grenada	74	92	43	103	30	140	0.453
Croatia	148	172	105	104	66	270	0.454
Canada	28	16	30	105	9	119	0.454
Turkey	68	44	82	106	15	222	0.455
Guinea-Bissau	117	143	78	107	46	208	0.459
Senegal	170	166	169	108	59	666	0.460
Egypt	144	91	171	109	29	711	0.461
Lithuania	57	44	58	110	15	166	0.464
Seychelles	40	49	12	111	16	76	0.466
Antigua and Barbuda	136	162	77	112	56	207	0.468
Bahamas	39	52	5	113	17	58	0.470
Samoa	151	134	152	114	42	424	0.472
Slovakia	126	94	129	115	31	325	0.474
Greece	62	26	83	116	10	224	0.474
Finland	97	62	104	117	20	269	0.478
Yemen	138	140	96	118	44	248	0.478
Romania	146	181	74	119	113	202	0.480
Togo	147	154	105	120	53	270	0.482
Czech Republic	118	33	174	121	12	930	0.486
Estonia	34	26	17	122	10	81	0.486
Russia	134	70	155	123	22	448	0.487
Comoros	55	62	20	124	20	100	0.488
Honduras	137	145	83	125	47	224	0.493
Guinea	168	162	149	126	56	416	0.499
Australia	48	33	25	127	12	107	0.503
Germany	80	49	68	128	16	196	0.505
Albania	143	140	95	129	44	244	0.505
Panama	172	166	159	130	59	482	0.506
Philippines	129	145	67	131	47	194	0.508
Kenya	158	131	150	132	41	417	0.509
Jamaica	173	175	148	133	72	414	0.513
Cameroon	171	131	180	134	41	1400	0.514
Mali	156	165	105	135	58	270	0.514
Mexico	149	86	162	136	27	548	0.515
St. Kitts and Nevis	95	80	60	137	24	172	0.527
Angola	130	94	113	138	31	272	0.532
Cape Verde	115	164	20	139	57	100	0.540
Sweden	42	3	34	140	2	122	0.545
Austria	93	70	59	141	22	170	0.545
Japan	112	36	139	142	13	355	0.554
Costa Rica	152	139	119	143	43	282	0.557
Venezuela	177	174	173	144	70	864	0.566
Hungary	111	38	132	145	14	330	0.575
Belgium	64	30	52	146	11	156	0.581
Ukraine	180	178	172	147	99	848	0.584
Uruguay	167	154	134	148	53	336	0.585
Micronesia	81	66	36	149	21	128	0.587
Tunisia	106	70	88	150	22	228	0.591
Equatorial Guinea	161	143	122	151	46	296	0.595
Spain	84	10	91	152	8	234	0.602
Chad	130	158	34	153	54	122	0.605
Kyrgyz Republic	155	176	74	154	75	202	0.614
Nicaragua	162	171	94	155	64	240	0.632
Zimbabwe	157	153	98	156	52	256	0.637
Sri Lanka	164	170	98	157	62	256	0.637
Puerto Rico	98	49	80	158	16	218	0.647
Marshall Islands	88	66	36	159	21	128	0.649
France	66	30	40	160	11	132	0.654
Congo, Rep.	179	169	166	161	61	606	0.655
Brazil	145	30	181	162	11	2600	0.694
India	169	168	111	163	60	271	0.715
Palau	86	57	36	164	19	128	0.730
Benin	165	161	105	165	55	270	0.732
Italy	128	44	133	166	15	334	0.733
Algeria	166	111	156	167	34	451	0.742
Bolivia	176	131	178	168	41	1080	0.781
Colombia	141	94	98	169	31	256	0.784
China	132	16	160	170	9	504	0.799
Eritrea	105	56	79	171	18	216	0.845
Tajikistan	159	158	83	172	54	224	0.855
Uzbekistan	162	179	68	173	106	196	0.906
Mauritania	174	124	170	174	38	696	0.987
Argentina	134	16	157	175	9	453	1.081
Belarus	181	180	179	176	112	1188	1.175
Central African Republic	178	158	160	177	54	504	2.038
Congo, Dem. Rep.	153	99	124	178	32	308	2.298
Sierra Leone	160	89	146	179	28	399	2.335
Burundi	114	99	43	180	32	140	2.787
Gambia	175	149	144	181	50	376	2.924