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

Uruguay: Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score was 71.67 in 2019. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2019)
71.67
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
99th
of 191 countries
All-time high
71.67
in 2016
All-time low
13.33
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

204060802005201220192005: 13.32006: 13.32007: 16.72008: 16.72009: 16.72010: 16.72011: 16.72012: 502013: 502014: 53.32015: 53.32016: 71.72017: 71.72018: 71.72019: 71.7

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Uruguay stood at 71.67. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of up 330.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Uruguay peaked at 71.67 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 13.33, in 2005.

That places Uruguay 99th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score in Uruguay, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 13.33 —
2006 13.33 +0.0%
2007 16.67 +25.0%
2008 16.67 +0.0%
2009 16.67 +0.0%
2010 16.67 +0.0%
2011 16.67 +0.0%
2012 50 +200.0%
2013 50 +0.0%
2014 53.33 +6.7%
2015 53.33 +0.0%
2016 71.67 +34.4%
2017 71.67 +0.0%
2018 71.67 +0.0%
2019 71.67 +0.0%

Uruguay compared with similar countries

  • Uruguay's 71.67 is below the median for high income countries, which is 88.33, 81% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Uruguay's 71.67 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 58.33, 1.2× the median. (33 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 15.33 13.33 16.67 5
2010s 52.67 16.67 71.67 10

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 99 Bahamas 71.67 compare
  2. 99 Iran 71.67 compare
  3. 99 Lebanon 71.67 compare
  4. 99 Syria 71.67 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Uruguay?
Paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Uruguay was 71.67 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 71.67 in 2016.
What is the lowest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 13.33 in 2005.
How does Uruguay rank for paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score?
Uruguay ranks 99th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is up 330.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Uruguay 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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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.