Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 77.99 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
77.99
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
67th
of 191 countries
All-time high
78.04
in 2015
All-time low
77.99
in 2016
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Costa Rica, 2015–2019

0204060802015201720192015: 782016: 782017: 782018: 782019: 78

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Costa Rica stood at 77.99. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of down 0.1% over five years.

That places Costa Rica 67th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Costa Rica, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 78.04 —
2016 77.99 -0.1%
2017 77.99 +0.0%
2018 77.99 +0.0%
2019 77.99 +0.0%

Costa Rica compared with similar countries

  • Costa Rica's 77.99 is below the median for high income countries, which is 83.6, 93% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Costa Rica's 77.99 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 64.41, 1.2× the median. (33 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 64 Belgium 78.38 compare
  2. 65 Kazakhstan 78.21 compare
  3. 66 Ukraine 78.05 compare
  4. 68 Vanuatu 77.85 compare
  5. 69 Thailand 77.72 compare
  6. 70 Uzbekistan 77.52 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Costa Rica?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Costa Rica was 77.99 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 78.04 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 77.99 in 2016.
How does Costa Rica rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Costa Rica ranks 67th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 955 data points, 2015–2019
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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, as well as the postfiling procedures to request and process a VAT refund claim and to comply with and complete a corporate income tax correction. The score is computed based on the methodology in the DB17-20 studies.