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
65th
of 188 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 65th out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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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 65th out of 188 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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Indicator
Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 950 data points, 2015–2019
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, 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.