Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 52.01 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
52.01
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
164th
of 191 countries
All-time high
52.01
in 2016
All-time low
50.86
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02040602015201720192015: 50.92016: 522017: 522018: 522019: 52

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Puerto Rico recorded 52.01 for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of up 2.3% over five years.

That places Puerto Rico 164th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Puerto Rico, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 50.86 —
2016 52.01 +2.3%
2017 52.01 +0.0%
2018 52.01 +0.0%
2019 52.01 +0.0%

Puerto Rico compared with similar countries

  • Puerto Rico's 52.01 is below the median for high income countries, which is 83.6, 62% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Puerto Rico's 52.01 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 64.41, 81% of the median. (33 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Puerto Rico

  1. 161 Trinidad and Tobago 53.53 compare
  2. 162 Pakistan 52.93 compare
  3. 163 Nicaragua 52.69 compare
  4. 165 Sudan 51.8 compare
  5. 166 Tanzania 51.33 compare
  6. 167 Senegal 51.24 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Puerto Rico?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Puerto Rico was 52.01 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Puerto Rico?
The highest recorded value was 52.01 in 2016.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Puerto Rico?
The lowest recorded value was 50.86 in 2015.
How does Puerto Rico rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Puerto Rico ranks 164th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Puerto Rico 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.