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Economy > Tax > Tax payments > Number > Per capita: Countries Compared

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." Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Palau 900.77 per 1 million people 2008
2 Antigua and Barbuda 662.55 per 1 million people 2008
3 Saint Kitts and Nevis 602.76 per 1 million people 2008
4 Dominica 524.04 per 1 million people 2008
5 Marshall Islands 332.42 per 1 million people 2008
6 Grenada 332.07 per 1 million people 2008
7 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 303.97 per 1 million people 2008
8 Sao Tome and Principe 203.71 per 1 million people 2008
9 Saint Lucia 200.52 per 1 million people 2008
10 Seychelles 194.54 per 1 million people 2008
11 Samoa 170.44 per 1 million people 2008
12 Tonga 168.06 per 1 million people 2008
13 Vanuatu 143.89 per 1 million people 2008
14 Cape Verde 131.15 per 1 million people 2008
15 Belize 120.05 per 1 million people 2009
16 Iceland 101.85 per 1 million people 2008
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) 98.49 per 1 million people 2008
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) 91.92 per 1 million people 2008
17 Equatorial Guinea 74.62 per 1 million people 2008
Former British colonies average (profile) 64.65 per 1 million people 2008
18 Kiribati 63.43 per 1 million people 2008
19 The Bahamas 58.55 per 1 million people 2008
Catholic countries average (profile) 57.85 per 1 million people 2008
20 Solomon Islands 56.77 per 1 million people 2008
21 Djibouti 45.44 per 1 million people 2008
22 Luxembourg 45.27 per 1 million people 2008
23 Guyana 44.11 per 1 million people 2008
24 Brunei 39.33 per 1 million people 2008
25 Trinidad and Tobago 38.19 per 1 million people 2008
26 Suriname 35.72 per 1 million people 2008
27 Fiji 35.42 per 1 million people 2008
28 Bahrain 34.8 per 1 million people 2008
29 Cyprus 34.06 per 1 million people 2008
30 Guinea-Bissau 30.6 per 1 million people 2008
31 Swaziland 29.23 per 1 million people 2008
32 The Gambia 28.81 per 1 million people 2008
33 Comoros 27.33 per 1 million people 2008
34 Bhutan 26.38 per 1 million people 2008
35 Jamaica 25.68 per 1 million people 2008
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) 20.89 per 1 million people 2008
36 Panama 18.73 per 1 million people 2008
37 Namibia 17.71 per 1 million people 2008
38 Gabon 17.5 per 1 million people 2008
39 Armenia 16.84 per 1 million people 2008
40 Congo, Republic of the 15.63 per 1 million people 2008
41 Uruguay 15.24 per 1 million people 2008
42 Mongolia 14.35 per 1 million people 2008
43 Kyrgyzstan 14 per 1 million people 2008
44 East Timor 13.53 per 1 million people 2008
45 Albania 12.15 per 1 million people 2008
46 Central African Republic 12.15 per 1 million people 2008
47 Moldova 12.03 per 1 million people 2008
48 Belarus 11.56 per 1 million people 2008
49 Mauritania 11.29 per 1 million people 2008
50 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11.11 per 1 million people 2008
51 Nicaragua 11.06 per 1 million people 2008
52 Slovenia 10.96 per 1 million people 2008
53 Botswana 10.31 per 1 million people 2008
54 Costa Rica 10.01 per 1 million people 2008
55 Lesotho 9.87 per 1 million people 2008
56 Liberia 9.6 per 1 million people 2008
57 Togo 9.05 per 1 million people 2008
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) 8.56 per 1 million people 2008
Cold countries average (profile) 8.5 per 1 million people 2008
NATO countries average (profile) 8.09 per 1 million people 2008
58 Maldives 7.77 per 1 million people 2008
59 El Salvador 7.5 per 1 million people 2008
60 Tajikistan 7.49 per 1 million people 2008
Muslim countries average (profile) 7.46 per 1 million people 2008
Eurozone average (profile) 7.31 per 1 million people 2008
High income OECD countries average (profile) 6.81 per 1 million people 2008
61 Serbia and Montenegro 6.5 per 1 million people 2008
62 Georgia 6.48 per 1 million people 2008
63 Benin 6.45 per 1 million people 2008
Former Soviet republics average (profile) 6.37 per 1 million people 2008
Former French colonies average (profile) 6.36 per 1 million people 2008
Eastern Europe average (profile) 6.33 per 1 million people 2008
64 Honduras 6.15 per 1 million people 2008
65 Guinea 5.71 per 1 million people 2008
66 Slovakia 5.68 per 1 million people 2008
67 Papua New Guinea 5.56 per 1 million people 2008
68 Mauritius 5.49 per 1 million people 2008
South Asia average (profile) 5.42 per 1 million people 2008
69 Kuwait 5.39 per 1 million people 2008
70 Estonia 5.35 per 1 million people 2008
71 Chad 5.34 per 1 million people 2008
failed states average (profile) 5.32 per 1 million people 2008
European Union average (profile) 5.31 per 1 million people 2008
South and Central Asia average (profile) 5.22 per 1 million people 2008
72 Paraguay 5.12 per 1 million people 2008
73 Laos 5.09 per 1 million people 2008
74 Romania 5.08 per 1 million people 2008
75 Lebanon 4.78 per 1 million people 2008
76 Haiti 4.71 per 1 million people 2008
77 Sierra Leone 4.61 per 1 million people 2008
78 Senegal 4.59 per 1 million people 2008
79 Zimbabwe 4.58 per 1 million people 2008
80 Bolivia 4.54 per 1 million people 2008
81 Israel 4.42 per 1 million people 2009
Religious countries average (profile) 4.23 per 1 million people 2008
82 Oman 4.23 per 1 million people 2008
83 Lithuania 4.21 per 1 million people 2008
84 Jordan 4.19 per 1 million people 2008
85 Mali 4.06 per 1 million people 2009
86 Puerto Rico 4.04 per 1 million people 2008
87 Finland 3.81 per 1 million people 2008
88 Croatia 3.79 per 1 million people 2008
89 Burundi 3.68 per 1 million people 2008
90 Qatar 3.64 per 1 million people 2008
91 Eritrea 3.27 per 1 million people 2008
92 Cote d'Ivoire 3.27 per 1 million people 2008
93 Ukraine 3.2 per 1 million people 2008
94 Zambia 3.17 per 1 million people 2008
95 Niger 3.16 per 1 million people 2008
96 Latvia 3.12 per 1 million people 2008
97 United Arab Emirates 3.03 per 1 million people 2008
98 Burkina Faso 2.95 per 1 million people 2008
99 Sri Lanka 2.93 per 1 million people 2008
100 Guatemala 2.92 per 1 million people 2008
101 Azerbaijan 2.69 per 1 million people 2008
102 Austria 2.68 per 1 million people 2008
103 Venezuela 2.65 per 1 million people 2008
104 Rwanda 2.55 per 1 million people 2008
105 Switzerland 2.51 per 1 million people 2008
106 Cameroon 2.44 per 1 million people 2008
107 Bulgaria 2.34 per 1 million people 2008
108 Ireland 2.17 per 1 million people 2008
109 Tunisia 2.12 per 1 million people 2008
110 New Zealand 1.92 per 1 million people 2008
111 Cambodia 1.9 per 1 million people 2008
112 Mozambique 1.74 per 1 million people 2008
113 Denmark 1.64 per 1 million people 2008
114 Uzbekistan 1.61 per 1 million people 2008
115 Ghana 1.41 per 1 million people 2008
116 Hungary 1.41 per 1 million people 2008
117 Malawi 1.36 per 1 million people 2008
Emerging markets average (profile) 1.31 per 1 million people 2008
118 Madagascar 1.25 per 1 million people 2008
119 Tanzania 1.19 per 1 million people 2008
120 Czech Republic 1.17 per 1 million people 2008
121 Nepal 1.15 per 1 million people 2008
122 Singapore 1.08 per 1 million people 2008
123 Kenya 1.06 per 1 million people 2009
124 Belgium 1.06 per 1 million people 2008
125 Sudan 1.04 per 1 million people 2008
126 Poland 1.04 per 1 million people 2008
127 Uganda 1.02 per 1 million people 2008
128 Syria 1.01 per 1 million people 2008
129 Algeria 1.01 per 1 million people 2008
130 Dominican Republic 0.947 per 1 million people 2008
131 Greece 0.933 per 1 million people 2008
132 Norway 0.861 per 1 million people 2008
133 Morocco 0.815 per 1 million people 2008
Non-religious countries average (profile) 0.804 per 1 million people 2008
134 Portugal 0.749 per 1 million people 2008
135 Colombia 0.689 per 1 million people 2008
136 Chile 0.608 per 1 million people 2008
137 Kazakhstan 0.587 per 1 million people 2008
138 Ecuador 0.574 per 1 million people 2008
139 Australia 0.571 per 1 million people 2008
140 Netherlands 0.541 per 1 million people 2008
141 Saudi Arabia 0.497 per 1 million people 2008
142 Philippines 0.489 per 1 million people 2008
143 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.481 per 1 million people 2008
144 Malaysia 0.475 per 1 million people 2008
145 Iraq 0.461 per 1 million people 2008
146 Vietnam 0.372 per 1 million people 2008
147 Thailand 0.351 per 1 million people 2008
148 France 0.311 per 1 million people 2006
149 Peru 0.308 per 1 million people 2008
150 Pakistan 0.272 per 1 million people 2008
151 Canada 0.271 per 1 million people 2008
152 Italy 0.258 per 1 million people 2008
153 Mexico 0.246 per 1 million people 2008
154 Afghanistan 0.244 per 1 million people 2008
155 Nigeria 0.239 per 1 million people 2008
156 Ethiopia 0.23 per 1 million people 2008
157 Argentina 0.222 per 1 million people 2008
158 Sweden 0.221 per 1 million people 2008
159 Indonesia 0.215 per 1 million people 2008
160 Turkey 0.209 per 1 million people 2008
161 Spain 0.198 per 1 million people 2008
162 Germany 0.196 per 1 million people 2009
163 South Africa 0.184 per 1 million people 2008
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 0.165 per 1 million people 2008
164 Bangladesh 0.137 per 1 million people 2008
165 United Kingdom 0.131 per 1 million people 2008
166 Japan 0.102 per 1 million people 2008
167 Russia 0.078 per 1 million people 2008
=168 India 0.051 per 1 million people 2008
=168 Brazil 0.051 per 1 million people 2008
170 European Union 0.036 per 1 million people 2009
171 United States 0.033 per 1 million people 2008
172 China 0.007 per 1 million people 2008

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Economy > Tax > Tax payments > Number > Per capita: Countries Compared Map

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Interesting observations about Economy > Tax > Tax payments > Number > Per capita

  • Palau ranked first for tax > tax payments > number > per capita globally in 2008.
  • 18 of the bottom 132 countries by tax > tax payments > number > per capita are Latin American and Caribbean.
  • 8 of the bottom 17 countries by tax > tax payments > number > per capita are Christian.
  • 59 of the bottom 116 countries by tax > tax payments > number > per capita are Hot countries.
  • 14 of the top 145 countries by tax > tax payments > number > per capita are Middle East and North African.
  • 2 of the top 151 countries by tax > tax payments > number > per capita are G7.
  • 24 of the top 125 countries by tax > tax payments > number > per capita are Sparsely populated.
  • 32 of the bottom 141 countries by tax > tax payments > number > per capita are Former British Colonies'.
  • 8 of the bottom 25 countries by tax > tax payments > number > per capita are Heavily indebted.
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