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

Uganda: Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score was 53.33 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
53.33
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
126th
of 191 countries
All-time high
53.33
in 2008
All-time low
51.67
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

02040602005201220192005: 51.72006: 51.72007: 51.72008: 53.32009: 53.32010: 53.32011: 53.32012: 53.32013: 53.32014: 53.32015: 53.32016: 53.32017: 53.32018: 53.32019: 53.3

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Uganda recorded 53.33 for paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Uganda peaked at 53.33 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 51.67, in 2005.

That places Uganda 126th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score in Uganda, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score in Uganda, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 51.67 —
2006 51.67 +0.0%
2007 51.67 +0.0%
2008 53.33 +3.2%
2009 53.33 +0.0%
2010 53.33 +0.0%
2011 53.33 +0.0%
2012 53.33 +0.0%
2013 53.33 +0.0%
2014 53.33 +0.0%
2015 53.33 +0.0%
2016 53.33 +0.0%
2017 53.33 +0.0%
2018 53.33 +0.0%
2019 53.33 +0.0%

Uganda compared with similar countries

  • Uganda's 53.33 is above the median for low income countries, which is 45, 1.2× the median. (24 countries reporting)
  • Uganda's 53.33 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 46.67, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 52.33 51.67 53.33 5
2010s 53.33 53.33 53.33 10

Countries ranked near Uganda

  1. 126 Angola 53.33 compare
  2. 126 Myanmar 53.33 compare
  3. 126 Vanuatu 53.33 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Uganda?
Paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Uganda was 53.33 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in Uganda?
The highest recorded value was 53.33 in 2008.
What is the lowest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in Uganda?
The lowest recorded value was 51.67 in 2005.
How does Uganda rank for paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score?
Uganda ranks 126th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score rising or falling in Uganda?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Uganda 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
191 places, 2,794 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.