Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score was 88.33 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
88.33
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
55th
of 190 countries
All-time high
88.33
in 2015
All-time low
33.33
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score in Costa Rica, 2005–2019

0204060802005201220192005: 33.32006: 33.32007: 33.32008: 33.32009: 33.32010: 33.32011: 51.72012: 652013: 652014: 652015: 88.32016: 88.32017: 88.32018: 88.32019: 88.3

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Costa Rica stood at 88.33. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of up 165.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Costa Rica peaked at 88.33 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 33.33, in 2005.

Costa Rica ranks 55th of 190 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 33.33 33.33 33.33 5
2010s 72.17 33.33 88.33 10

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 54 Brazil 88.98 compare
  2. 55 Colombia 88.33 compare
  3. 55 Denmark 88.33 compare
  4. 55 Kazakhstan 88.33 compare
  5. 55 Kosovo 88.33 compare
  6. 55 Lithuania 88.33 compare
  7. 55 Moldova 88.33 compare
  8. 55 Slovenia 88.33 compare
  9. 55 Türkiye 88.33 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Costa Rica?
Paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Costa Rica was 88.33 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 88.33 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 33.33 in 2005.
How does Costa Rica rank for paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score?
Costa Rica ranks 55th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is up 165.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 2,783 data points, 2005–2019
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The score for tax payments benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.