Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in El Salvador

El Salvador: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 77.51 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
77.51
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
71st
of 191 countries
All-time high
77.51
in 2019
All-time low
47.21
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in El Salvador, 2015–2019

0204060802015201720192015: 47.22016: 50.92017: 77.42018: 77.32019: 77.5

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

El Salvador recorded 77.51 for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 64.2% over five years.

El Salvador ranks 71st of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in El Salvador, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 47.21 —
2016 50.87 +7.7%
2017 77.35 +52.1%
2018 77.3 -0.1%
2019 77.51 +0.3%

El Salvador compared with similar countries

  • El Salvador's 77.51 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 71.14, 1.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • El Salvador's 77.51 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 64.41, 1.2× the median. (33 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near El Salvador

  1. 68 Vanuatu 77.85 compare
  2. 69 Thailand 77.72 compare
  3. 70 Uzbekistan 77.52 compare
  4. 72 Mongolia 77.32 compare
  5. 73 Greece 77.14 compare
  6. 74 Eswatini 77.07 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in El Salvador?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in El Salvador was 77.51 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 77.51 in 2019.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 47.21 in 2015.
How does El Salvador rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
El Salvador ranks 71st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this El Salvador 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.