Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Latvia

Latvia: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 89 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
89
Change on year
down 0.8%
World rank
16th
of 191 countries
All-time high
89.79
in 2016
All-time low
88.84
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 88.82016: 89.82017: 89.82018: 89.72019: 89

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Latvia stood at 89.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 0.2% over five years.

Latvia ranks 16th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Latvia, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 88.84 —
2016 89.79 +1.1%
2017 89.79 +0.0%
2018 89.74 -0.1%
2019 89 -0.8%

Latvia compared with similar countries

  • Latvia's 89 is above the median for high income countries, which is 83.6, 1.1× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Latvia's 89 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 82.16, 1.1× the median. (49 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Latvia

  1. 13 Israel 89.61 compare
  2. 14 Georgia 89.19 compare
  3. 15 Bhutan 89.16 compare
  4. 17 Zambia 88.94 compare
  5. 18 Lithuania 88.81 compare
  6. 19 Canada 88.05 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Latvia?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Latvia was 89 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Latvia?
The highest recorded value was 89.79 in 2016.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Latvia?
The lowest recorded value was 88.84 in 2015.
How does Latvia rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Latvia ranks 16th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Latvia 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
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.