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
124th
of 183 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 124th out of 183 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.

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. 121 Laos 66.1 compare
  2. 122 Sierra Leone 65.8 compare
  3. 123 Maldives 65.31 compare
  4. 125 Kenya 65.23 compare
  5. 126 Jamaica 64.88 compare
  6. 127 Palau 64.65 compare

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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 124th out of 183 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.

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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.