Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score was 57.2% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score in Sri Lanka, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 57.2% for paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score in 2019.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 22.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score in Sri Lanka peaked at 57.3% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2010.
That places Sri Lanka 162nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 54.8% | — |
| 2006 | 49.8% | -9.1% |
| 2007 | 46.5% | -6.5% |
| 2008 | 46.5% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 46.5% | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0% | — |
| 2012 | 57.0% | — |
| 2013 | 54.2% | -4.9% |
| 2014 | 56.8% | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 57.3% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 57.2% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 57.2% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 57.2% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 57.2% | -0.1% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 57.2% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 86.4%, 66% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 57.2% is below the median for South Asia, which is 82.3%, 69% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score in Sri Lanka changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | -100.0% | 46.5% | 0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 48.8% | 46.5% | 54.8% | 5 |
| 2010s | 45.4% | 0.0% | 57.3% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More reference data data for Sri Lanka
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.33 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1784 (2050)
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- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.1604 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.63 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 10.15 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.9713 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score in Sri Lanka?
- Paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score in Sri Lanka was 57.2% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 57.3% in 2015.
- What is the lowest paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2010.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score?
- Sri Lanka ranks 162nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for total tax and contribution rate 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.