Paying taxes: Postfiling index (0-100) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Paying taxes: Postfiling index (0-100) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 87.15 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
87.15
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
44th
of 183 countries
All-time high
87.15
in 2015
All-time low
87.15
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Paying taxes: Postfiling index (0-100) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Costa Rica, 2015–2019

0204060802015201720192015: 87.22016: 87.22017: 87.22018: 87.22019: 87.2

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Costa Rica recorded 87.15 for paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over five years.

That places Costa Rica 44th out of 183 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

Paying taxes: Postfiling index (0-100) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Postfiling index (0-100) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Costa Rica, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 87.15 —
2016 87.15 +0.0%
2017 87.15 +0.0%
2018 87.15 +0.0%
2019 87.15 +0.0%

Costa Rica compared with similar countries

  • Costa Rica's 87.15 is above the median for high income countries, which is 83.6, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Costa Rica's 87.15 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 48.62, 1.8× the median. (32 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 41 Hungary 87.51 compare
  2. 42 Iceland 87.2 compare
  3. 43 Slovakia 87.17 compare
  4. 45 Samoa 86.55 compare
  5. 46 Ukraine 85.95 compare
  6. 47 Zambia 85.94 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score in Costa Rica?
Paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score in Costa Rica was 87.15 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 87.15 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 87.15 in 2015.
How does Costa Rica rank for paying taxes: postfiling index (0-100) (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Costa Rica ranks 44th out of 183 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes: Postfiling index (0-100) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Paying taxes: Postfiling index (0-100) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score
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World Bank
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CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
183 places, 915 data points, 2015–2019
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The score for postfiling index 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, and is computed based on the methodology in the DB17-20 studies.