economic2025

Firms expected to give gifts in meetings with tax officials (% of firms)

Compare firms expected to give gifts in meetings with tax officials (% of firms) across 61 countries using the latest fixed-year World Bank WDI observations for 2025.

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Key Insights

Global Average
6.9%
Median: 4.2%
Countries Covered
61
with available data
Highest
Zimbabwe
48.7%
Lowest
Antigua and Barbuda
0.0%
Top 5 Countries
1Zimbabwe48.7%
2Guinea-Bissau28.6%
3Kenya25.4%
4Mauritania23.5%
5Gabon18.9%
By Region
Africa14.0%(4 countries)
Other8.9%(33 countries)
Oceania7.9%(1 countries)
Asia5.6%(8 countries)
South America1.3%(2 countries)
Key Findings
  • 61 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite fixed-year observation.
  • Zimbabwe has the highest published value (48.7495 %).
  • Antigua and Barbuda has the lowest published value (0 %).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0%)High (48.7%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 6.9%)

Africa (4)
Other (33)
Oceania (1)
Asia (8)
South America (2)
North America (1)
Europe (12)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Percentage of firms expected to give gifts or informal payments during meetings with tax officials.

Values use one fixed 2025 reference year from World Development Indicators series IC.TAX.GIFT.ZS. MapTheory excludes aggregates, missing/non-finite values, and geographies without an ISO 3166-1 numeric mapping; it does not interpolate missing countries.

Methodology

Percentage of firms expected to give gifts or informal payments during meetings with tax officials.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Zimbabwe48.7%
2Guinea-Bissau28.6%
3Kenya25.4%
4Mauritania23.5%
5Gabon18.9%
6Sri Lanka18.7%
7Nigeria16.8%
8Liberia16.4%
9Malawi16.2%
10Uganda14.6%
11Mozambique13.5%
12Solomon Islands13.4%
13Djibouti11.9%
14Albania11.9%
15Ethiopia11.7%
16India11.6%
17Bolivia9.2%
18Australia7.9%
19Thailand7.7%
20Somalia7.3%
21Saint Vincent and the Grenadines7.2%
22Burundi7.2%
23Guinea6.8%
24Afghanistan6.0%
25Poland5.4%
26Suriname5.2%
27Comoros4.7%
28Fiji4.6%
29Zambia4.3%
30Sao Tome and Principe4.2%
31Denmark4.2%
32Mongolia4.0%
33Belize2.6%
34Dominican Republic2.2%
35Panama2.2%
36Egypt2.0%
37Brunei Darussalam1.9%
38Chile1.5%
39Maldives1.4%
40France1.4%
41Czech Republic1.2%
42Niger1.2%
43Guatemala1.2%
44Brazil1.0%
45Kuwait0.6%
46Belgium0.5%
47Switzerland0.3%
48Austria0.2%
49Germany0.1%
50Finland0.0%
51Kiribati0.0%
52Grenada0.0%
53Japan0.0%
54Lithuania0.0%
55Netherlands0.0%
56Norway0.0%
57Qatar0.0%
58Saint Lucia0.0%
59Saudi Arabia0.0%
60Trinidad and Tobago0.0%
61Antigua and Barbuda0.0%
Showing 61 of 61 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2025).

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