Paying taxes (DB06-16 methodology) - Score in Uruguay

Uruguay: Paying taxes (DB06-16 methodology) - Score was 65.25 in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)
65.25
Change on year
up 2.8%
World rank
127th
of 186 countries
All-time high
65.25
in 2015
All-time low
34.56
in 2005
Years of data
11
2005–2015

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

02040602005201020152005: 34.62006: 34.62007: 35.72008: 49.42009: 49.92010: 49.92011: 49.92012: 62.42013: 62.42014: 63.42015: 65.2

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Uruguay recorded 65.25 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 2.8% on the previous year and up 88.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes (db06-16 methodology) - score in Uruguay peaked at 65.25 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 34.56, in 2005.

That places Uruguay 127th out of 186 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Paying taxes (DB06-16 methodology) - Score in Uruguay, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB06-16 methodology) - Score in Uruguay, 2005 to 2015.
Year Value Change
2005 34.56
2006 34.56 +0.0%
2007 35.67 +3.2%
2008 49.38 +38.4%
2009 49.95 +1.2%
2010 49.95 +0.0%
2011 49.95 +0.0%
2012 62.4 +24.9%
2013 62.44 +0.1%
2014 63.44 +1.6%
2015 65.25 +2.8%

Uruguay compared with similar countries

  • Uruguay's 65.25 is below the median for high income countries, which is 81.82, 80% of the median. (61 countries reporting)
  • Uruguay's 65.25 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 65.25, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 40.83 34.56 49.95 5
2010s 58.9 49.95 65.25 6

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 124 Laos 66.1 compare
  2. 125 Sierra Leone 65.8 compare
  3. 126 Maldives 65.31 compare
  4. 128 Kenya 65.23 compare
  5. 129 Jamaica 64.88 compare
  6. 130 Palau 64.65 compare

See the full ranking of 186 places →

More reference data data for Uruguay

All data for Uruguay →

Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db06-16 methodology) - score in Uruguay?
Paying taxes (db06-16 methodology) - score in Uruguay was 65.25 in 2015, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db06-16 methodology) - score recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 65.25 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db06-16 methodology) - score recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 34.56 in 2005.
How does Uruguay rank for paying taxes (db06-16 methodology) - score?
Uruguay ranks 127th out of 186 countries with data for 2015.
Is paying taxes (db06-16 methodology) - score rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is up 88.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Uruguay 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 11 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Paying taxes (DB06-16 methodology) - Score in Uruguay. Statizoid. Retrieved 24 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/paying-taxes-db06-16-methodology-score/uruguay/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/paying-taxes-db06-16-methodology-score/uruguay/">Paying taxes (DB06-16 methodology) - Score in Uruguay</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Paying taxes (DB06-16 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
186 places, 2,013 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.