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

Uganda: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 73.1 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
73.1
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
93rd
of 191 countries
All-time high
73.1
in 2016
All-time low
72.64
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 72.62016: 73.12017: 73.12018: 73.12019: 73.1

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Uganda recorded 73.1 for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% over five years.

That places Uganda 93rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Uganda, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 72.64
2016 73.1 +0.6%
2017 73.1 +0.0%
2018 73.1 +0.0%
2019 73.1 +0.0%

Uganda compared with similar countries

  • Uganda's 73.1 is above the median for low income countries, which is 58.39, 1.3× the median. (24 countries reporting)
  • Uganda's 73.1 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 57.37, 1.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Uganda

  1. 90 Yemen 74.13 compare
  2. 91 Brunei 74.03 compare
  3. 92 Syria 73.97 compare
  4. 94 Sierra Leone 72.97 compare
  5. 95 Kenya 72.79 compare
  6. 96 Philippines 72.56 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Uganda?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Uganda was 73.1 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Uganda?
The highest recorded value was 73.1 in 2016.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Uganda?
The lowest recorded value was 72.64 in 2015.
How does Uganda rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Uganda ranks 93rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Uganda 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
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.