Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - Total tax rate

Total tax rate (% of commercial profits)

Total tax rate (% of commercial profits) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 53.29 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 14 years was 82.23 in 2006, while its lowest value was 51.10 in 2014.

Definition: Total tax rate measures the amount of taxes and mandatory contributions payable by businesses after accounting for allowable deductions and exemptions as a share of commercial profits. Taxes withheld (such as personal income tax) or collected and remitted to tax authorities (such as value added taxes, sales taxes or goods and service taxes) are excluded.

Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).

See also:

Year Value
2005 80.27
2006 82.23
2007 81.02
2008 79.98
2009 80.31
2010 77.47
2011 65.10
2012 65.02
2013 56.64
2014 51.10
2015 51.51
2016 51.88
2017 52.51
2018 52.67
2019 53.29

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Business environment