Firms that do not report all sales for tax purposes (% of firms)

QoG code: wdi_firdnrstp

Firms that do not report all sales for tax purposes are the percentage of firms that expressed that a typical firm reports less than 100 percent of sales for tax purposes; such firms are termed 'informal firms'.

Type of variable
Continuous
Last updated by source
2025-12-19

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Country coverage

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  • Albania
  • Algeria
  • Angola
  • Argentina
  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Belarus
  • Benin
  • Bolivia
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Botswana
  • Bulgaria
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cambodia
  • Cameroon
  • Cape Verde
  • Chile
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Congo
  • Congo, Democratic Republic
  • Costa Rica
  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • Croatia
  • Czech Republic
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt
  • El Salvador
  • Estonia
  • Eswatini (former Swaziland)
  • Ethiopia (1993-)
  • Gabon
  • Gambia
  • Georgia
  • Ghana
  • Greece
  • Guatemala
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Guyana
  • Honduras
  • Hungary
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Ireland
  • Jamaica
  • Jordan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kenya
  • Korea, South
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Laos
  • Latvia
  • Lebanon
  • Liberia
  • Lithuania
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Mauritius
  • Mexico
  • Moldova
  • Mongolia
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Nicaragua
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • North Macedonia
  • Oman
  • Pakistan (1971-)
  • Panama
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • Rwanda
  • Senegal
  • Sierra Leone
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • South Africa
  • Spain
  • Sri Lanka
  • Syria
  • Tajikistan
  • Tanzania
  • Turkey
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • Uruguay
  • Uzbekistan
  • Vietnam
  • Yemen
  • Zambia

Year coverage

This variable has information from 2002 to 2010.