Paying taxes (DB06-16 methodology) - Score in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Paying taxes (DB06-16 methodology) - Score was 54.92 in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)
54.92
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
152nd
of 183 countries
All-time high
54.92
in 2015
All-time low
22.36
in 2010
Years of data
11
2005–2015

Paying taxes (DB06-16 methodology) - Score in Sri Lanka, 2005–2015

02040602005201020152005: 43.42006: 41.22007: 40.12008: 40.12009: 40.12010: 22.42011: 22.42012: 42.62013: 45.62014: 54.82015: 54.9

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Sri Lanka recorded 54.92 for paying taxes (db06-16 methodology) - score in 2015. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 26.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes (db06-16 methodology) - score in Sri Lanka peaked at 54.92 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 22.36, in 2010.

That places Sri Lanka 152nd out of 183 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 40.97 40.09 43.39 5
2010s 40.44 22.36 54.92 6

Countries ranked near Sri Lanka

  1. 149 Bosnia and Herzegovina 57.55 compare
  2. 150 Niger 56.9 compare
  3. 151 Kyrgyzstan 56.27 compare
  4. 153 Gabon 54.69 compare
  5. 154 Uzbekistan 54.45 compare
  6. 155 Antigua and Barbuda 54.35 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db06-16 methodology) - score in Sri Lanka?
Paying taxes (db06-16 methodology) - score in Sri Lanka was 54.92 in 2015, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db06-16 methodology) - score recorded in Sri Lanka?
The highest recorded value was 54.92 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db06-16 methodology) - score recorded in Sri Lanka?
The lowest recorded value was 22.36 in 2010.
How does Sri Lanka rank for paying taxes (db06-16 methodology) - score?
Sri Lanka ranks 152nd out of 183 countries with data for 2015.
Is paying taxes (db06-16 methodology) - score rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
Over the last ten years it is up 26.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes (DB06-16 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Paying taxes (DB06-16 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
185 places, 2,006 data points, 2005–2015
Last refreshed

The score for paying taxes is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators, the payments, time and total tax and contribution rate for a company to comply with tax laws in an economy. The score is computed based on the methodology in the DB06-16 studies.