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

Uruguay: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 70.31 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
70.31
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
104th
of 191 countries
All-time high
70.31
in 2018
All-time low
61.32
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 61.32016: 66.12017: 69.32018: 70.32019: 70.3

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Uruguay is 70.31, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of up 14.7% over five years.

That places Uruguay 104th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Uruguay, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 61.32 —
2016 66.13 +7.9%
2017 69.26 +4.7%
2018 70.31 +1.5%
2019 70.31 +0.0%

Uruguay compared with similar countries

  • Uruguay's 70.31 is below the median for high income countries, which is 83.6, 84% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Uruguay's 70.31 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 64.41, 1.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 101 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 71.09 compare
  2. 102 Fiji 71.08 compare
  3. 103 Tonga 70.56 compare
  4. 105 Guatemala 70.3 compare
  5. 106 China 70.06 compare
  6. 107 Angola 69.54 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Uruguay?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Uruguay was 70.31 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 70.31 in 2018.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 61.32 in 2015.
How does Uruguay rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Uruguay ranks 104th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Uruguay 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.