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Tax payments (number)
Tax payments by businesses are the total number of taxes paid by businesses, including electronic filing. The tax is counted as paid once a year even if payments are more frequent.
World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
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Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land)
Agricultural land (% of land area)
Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land
Agriculture, value added (% of GDP)
Agriculture value added per worker (constant 2000 US$)
Arable land (hectares per person)
Arable land (% of land area)
Cereal yield (kg per hectare)
Crop production index (2004-2006 = 100)
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment)
Fertilizer consumption (kilograms per hectare of arable land)
Food production index (2004-2006 = 100)
Forest area (% of land area)
Forest area (sq. km)
Improved water source, rural (% of rural population with access)
Land area (sq. km)
Land under cereal production (hectares)
Livestock production index (2004-2006 = 100)
Permanent cropland (% of land area)
Poverty gap at rural poverty line (%)
Poverty headcount ratio at rural poverty line (% of rural population)
Rural population
Rural population (% of total population)
CO2 emissions (metric tons per capita)
Contraceptive prevalence (% of women ages 15-49)
Improved sanitation facilities (% of population with access)
Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100,000 people)
Income share held by lowest 20%
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
Malnutrition prevalence, weight for age (% of children under 5)
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
Net migration
Net ODA received (% of GNI)
Net ODA received per capita (current US$)
Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$)
Net official development assistance received (current US$)
Population, female (% of total)
Pregnant women receiving prenatal care (%)
Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49)
Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education (%)
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector (% of total nonagricultural employment)
Teenage mothers (% of women ages 15-19 who have had children or are currently pregnant)
Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment)
Access to electricity (% of population)
Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land)
Agricultural land (% of land area)
Agriculture, value added (% of GDP)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters)
Cereal yield (kg per hectare)
CO2 emissions (kt)
CO2 emissions (metric tons per capita)
CPIA public sector management and institutions cluster average (1=low to 6=high)
Ease of doing business index (1=most business-friendly regulations)
Electric power consumption (kWh per capita)
Energy use (kg of oil equivalent per capita)
Energy use (kt of oil equivalent)
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
Forest area (% of land area)
Forest area (sq. km)
GDP (current US$)
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)
Improved sanitation facilities (% of population with access)
Improved water source, rural (% of rural population with access)
Improved water source, urban (% of urban population with access)
Investment in energy with private participation (current US$)
Investment in telecoms with private participation (current US$)
Investment in transport with private participation (current US$)
Investment in water and sanitation with private participation (current US$)
Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
Malnutrition prevalence, weight for age (% of children under 5)
Methane emissions (kt of CO2 equivalent)
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
Nitrous oxide emissions (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent)
Notified cases of malaria (per 100,000 people)
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent)
Population growth (annual %)
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population)
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
Population, total
Poverty headcount ratio at $1.25 a day (PPP) (% of population)
Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)
Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education (%)
Roads, paved (% of total roads)
Urban population
Urban population (% of total)
Agriculture, value added (% of GDP)
Cash surplus/deficit (% of GDP)
Central government debt, total (% of GDP)
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$)
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$)
Current account balance (BoP, current US$)
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
External debt stocks, private nonguaranteed (PNG) (DOD, current US$)
External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (DOD, current US$)
External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$)
External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$)
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
GDP (current US$)
GDP growth (annual %)
GDP per capita (current US$)
GNI, Atlas method (current US$)
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)
GNI, PPP (current international $)
Gross capital formation (% of GDP)
Gross savings (% of GDP)
IBRD loans and IDA credits (DOD, current US$)
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
Industry, value added (% of GDP)
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)
Net flows on external debt, long-term (NFL, current US$)
Net flows on external debt, total (NFL, current US$)
Net ODA received (% of GNI)
Net ODA received per capita (current US$)
Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$)
Net official development assistance received (current US$)
Personal remittances, received (current US$)
Portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP)
Secondary income, other sectors, payments (BoP, current US$)
Services, etc., value added (% of GDP)
Total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)
Total reserves (includes gold, current US$)
Trade in services (% of GDP)
Use of IMF credit (DOD, current US$)
Children out of school, primary, female
Children out of school, primary, male
Expenditure per student, primary (% of GDP per capita)
Expenditure per student, secondary (% of GDP per capita)
Expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita)
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group)
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% of relevant age group)
Labor force, total
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)
Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24)
Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24)
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
Persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort)
Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort)
Population ages 0-14 (% of total)
Population ages 15-64 (% of total)
Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49)
Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)
Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group)
Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)
Progression to secondary school, female (%)
Progression to secondary school, male (%)
Public spending on education, total (% of GDP)
Public spending on education, total (% of government expenditure)
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
Ratio of female to male primary enrollment (%)
Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment (%)
Ratio of female to male tertiary enrollment (%)
Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education (%)
Repeaters, primary, female (% of female enrollment)
Repeaters, primary, male (% of male enrollment)
School enrollment, preprimary (% gross)
School enrollment, primary (% gross)
School enrollment, primary (% net)
School enrollment, secondary (% gross)
School enrollment, secondary (% net)
School enrollment, tertiary (% gross)
Trained teachers in primary education (% of total teachers)
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force)
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force)
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force)
Alternative and nuclear energy (% of total energy use)
Combustible renewables and waste (% of total energy)
Energy imports, net (% of energy use)
Energy production (kt of oil equivalent)
Energy use (kg of oil equivalent per capita)
Energy use (kt of oil equivalent)
Fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total)
GDP per unit of energy use (constant 2005 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent)
Pump price for diesel fuel (US$ per liter)
Pump price for gasoline (US$ per liter)
Access to electricity (% of population)
Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)
Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)
CO2 emissions (kt)
CO2 emissions (metric tons per capita)
Fish species, threatened
Forest area (% of land area)
Forest area (sq. km)
GEF benefits index for biodiversity (0 = no biodiversity potential to 100 = maximum)
Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
Mammal species, threatened
Marine protected areas (% of territorial waters)
Methane emissions (kt of CO2 equivalent)
Nitrous oxide emissions (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent)
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions (kg per day)
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions (kg per day per worker)
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent)
Plant species (higher), threatened
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
Water pollution, chemical industry (% of total BOD emissions)
Water pollution, clay and glass industry (% of total BOD emissions)
Water pollution, food industry (% of total BOD emissions)
Water pollution, metal industry (% of total BOD emissions)
Water pollution, other industry (% of total BOD emissions)
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry (% of total BOD emissions)
Water pollution, textile industry (% of total BOD emissions)
Water pollution, wood industry (% of total BOD emissions)
Bank capital to assets ratio (%)
Bank nonperforming loans to total gross loans (%)
Claims on central government (annual growth as % of broad money)
Claims on other sectors of the domestic economy (annual growth as % of broad money)
Credit depth of information index (0=low to 6=high)
Deposit interest rate (%)
Domestic credit provided by banking sector (% of GDP)
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
Interest rate spread (lending rate minus deposit rate, %)
International migrant stock, total
Lending interest rate (%)
Listed domestic companies, total
Market capitalization of listed companies (current US$)
Market capitalization of listed companies (% of GDP)
Money and quasi money growth (annual %)
Net migration
Personal remittances, received (current US$)
Portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
Private credit bureau coverage (% of adults)
Public credit registry coverage (% of adults)
Real interest rate (%)
Risk premium on lending (lending rate minus treasury bill rate, %)
S&P Global Equity Indices (annual % change)
Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP)
Stocks traded, turnover ratio (%)
Strength of legal rights index (0=weak to 10=strong)
Total reserves (includes gold, current US$)
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total)
Children in employment, female (% of female children ages 7-14)
Children in employment, male (% of male children ages 7-14)
Children in employment, study and work, female (% of female children in employment, ages 7-14)
Children in employment, study and work, male (% of male children in employment, ages 7-14)
Children in employment, work only, female (% of female children in employment, ages 7-14)
Children in employment, work only, male (% of male children in employment, ages 7-14)
Children out of school, primary, female
Children out of school, primary, male
Contraceptive prevalence (% of women ages 15-49)
Employees, agriculture, female (% of female employment)
Employees, agriculture, male (% of male employment)
Employees, industry, female (% of female employment)
Employees, industry, male (% of male employment)
Employees, services, female (% of female employment)
Employees, services, male (% of male employment)
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group)
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% of relevant age group)
Labor participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+)
Labor participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+)
Labor participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+)
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)
Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24)
Long-term unemployment, female (% of female unemployment)
Long-term unemployment, male (% of male unemployment)
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)
Persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort)
Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort)
Pregnant women receiving prenatal care (%)
Prevalence of HIV, female (% ages 15-24)
Prevalence of HIV, male (% ages 15-24)
Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)
Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group)
Progression to secondary school, female (%)
Progression to secondary school, male (%)
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
Ratio of female to male primary enrollment (%)
Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment (%)
Ratio of female to male tertiary enrollment (%)
Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education (%)
Repeaters, primary, female (% of female enrollment)
Repeaters, primary, male (% of male enrollment)
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector (% of total nonagricultural employment)
Teenage mothers (% of women ages 15-19 who have had children or are currently pregnant)
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force)
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force)
Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24)
Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24)
Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment)
Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment)
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total)
Contraceptive prevalence (% of women ages 15-49)
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
Health expenditure per capita (current US$)
Health expenditure, public (% of total health expenditure)
Health expenditure, total (% of GDP)
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months)
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months)
Improved sanitation facilities (% of population with access)
Improved sanitation facilities, urban (% of urban population with access)
Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100,000 people)
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
Malnutrition prevalence, height for age (% of children under 5)
Malnutrition prevalence, weight for age (% of children under 5)
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
Notified cases of malaria (per 100,000 people)
Out-of-pocket health expenditure (% of private expenditure on health)
Population ages 0-14 (% of total)
Population ages 15-64 (% of total)
Population ages 65 and above (% of total)
Population, female (% of total)
Population growth (annual %)
Population, total
Pregnant women receiving prenatal care (%)
Prevalence of HIV, female (% ages 15-24)
Prevalence of HIV, male (% ages 15-24)
Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49)
Teenage mothers (% of women ages 15-19 who have had children or are currently pregnant)
Unmet need for contraception (% of married women ages 15-49)
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide
Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture (% of total freshwater withdrawal)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic (% of total freshwater withdrawal)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry (% of total freshwater withdrawal)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters)
Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units)
Electric power consumption (kWh per capita)
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers (per 100 people)
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)
ICT goods imports (% total goods imports)
ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP)
Improved water source, rural (% of rural population with access)
Improved water source, urban (% of urban population with access)
Internet users (per 100 people)
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)
Motor vehicles (per 1,000 people)
Passenger cars (per 1,000 people)
Rail lines (total route-km)
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita (cubic meters)
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total (billion cubic meters)
Road sector diesel fuel consumption per capita (kg of oil equivalent)
Road sector energy consumption (% of total energy consumption)
Road sector gasoline fuel consumption per capita (kg of oil equivalent)
Roads, paved (% of total roads)
Secure Internet servers (per 1 million people)
Vehicles (per km of road)
Employees, agriculture, female (% of female employment)
Employees, agriculture, male (% of male employment)
Employees, industry, female (% of female employment)
Employees, industry, male (% of male employment)
Employees, services, female (% of female employment)
Employees, services, male (% of male employment)
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment)
Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%)
GDP per person employed (constant 1990 PPP $)
Labor force, total
Labor participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+)
Labor participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+)
Labor participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+)
Long-term unemployment, female (% of female unemployment)
Long-term unemployment, male (% of male unemployment)
Long-term unemployment (% of total unemployment)
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force)
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force)
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force)
Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24)
Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24)
Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment)
Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment)
Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment)
Income share held by fourth 20%
Income share held by highest 10%
Income share held by highest 20%
Income share held by lowest 10%
Income share held by lowest 20%
Income share held by second 20%
Income share held by third 20%
Poverty gap at $1.25 a day (PPP) (%)
Poverty gap at $2 a day (PPP) (%)
Poverty gap at national poverty line (%)
Poverty gap at rural poverty line (%)
Poverty gap at urban poverty line (%)
Poverty headcount ratio at $1.25 a day (PPP) (% of population)
Poverty headcount ratio at $2 a day (PPP) (% of population)
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (% of population)
Poverty headcount ratio at rural poverty line (% of rural population)
Poverty headcount ratio at urban poverty line (% of urban population)
Average number of times firms spent in meetings with tax officials
Documents to export (number)
Documents to import (number)
Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP)
Ease of doing business index (1=most business-friendly regulations)
Export value index (2000 = 100)
Export volume index (2000 = 100)
Firms using banks to finance investment (% of firms)
Import value index (2000 = 100)
Import volume index (2000 = 100)
Informal payments to public officials (% of firms)
Investment in energy with private participation (current US$)
Investment in telecoms with private participation (current US$)
Investment in transport with private participation (current US$)
Investment in water and sanitation with private participation (current US$)
ISO certification ownership (% of firms)
Lead time to export, median case (days)
Lead time to import, median case (days)
Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high)
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)
Net barter terms of trade index (2000 = 100)
New businesses registered (number)
Start-up procedures to register a business (number)
Tax payments (number)
Time required to start a business (days)
Time to prepare and pay taxes (hours)
Time to resolve insolvency (years)
Total tax rate (% of commercial profits)
Trade in services (% of GDP)
Value lost due to electrical outages (% of sales)
Cash surplus/deficit (% of GDP)
Central government debt, total (% of GDP)
CPIA economic management cluster average (1=low to 6=high)
CPIA policies for social inclusion/equity cluster average (1=low to 6=high)
CPIA public sector management and institutions cluster average (1=low to 6=high)
CPIA structural policies cluster average (1=low to 6=high)
Expense (% of GDP)
IDA resource allocation index (1=low to 6=high)
Military expenditure (% of central government expenditure)
Military expenditure (% of GDP)
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP)
Tax payments (number)
Tax revenue (% of GDP)
Time to prepare and pay taxes (hours)
Total tax rate (% of commercial profits)
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$)
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$)
High-technology exports (current US$)
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)
Patent applications, nonresidents
Patent applications, residents
Research and development expenditure (% of GDP)
Researchers in R&D (per million people)
Scientific and technical journal articles
Technicians in R&D (per million people)
Trademark applications, direct nonresident
Trademark applications, direct resident
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
Children in employment, female (% of female children ages 7-14)
Children in employment, male (% of male children ages 7-14)
Children in employment, study and work, female (% of female children in employment, ages 7-14)
Children in employment, study and work, male (% of male children in employment, ages 7-14)
Children in employment, total (% of children ages 7-14)
Children in employment, work only, female (% of female children in employment, ages 7-14)
Children in employment, work only, male (% of male children in employment, ages 7-14)
Labor participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+)
Labor participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+)
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
Prevalence of HIV, female (% ages 15-24)
Prevalence of HIV, male (% ages 15-24)
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
Ratio of female to male primary enrollment (%)
Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment (%)
Ratio of female to male tertiary enrollment (%)
Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education (%)
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum
Refugee population by country or territory of origin
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector (% of total nonagricultural employment)
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force)
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force)
Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment)
Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment)
Improved sanitation facilities, urban (% of urban population with access)
Improved water source, urban (% of urban population with access)
Motor vehicles (per 1,000 people)
Passenger cars (per 1,000 people)
PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter)
Population in the largest city (% of urban population)
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population)
Poverty gap at urban poverty line (%)
Poverty headcount ratio at urban poverty line (% of urban population)
Pump price for diesel fuel (US$ per liter)
Pump price for gasoline (US$ per liter)
Road sector diesel fuel consumption per capita (kg of oil equivalent)
Road sector energy consumption (% of total energy consumption)
Road sector gasoline fuel consumption per capita (kg of oil equivalent)
Urban population
Urban population (% of total)
Vehicles (per km of road)
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