El Salvador vs Latvia: Paying taxes: Time

El Salvador
168 hours per year
in 2019
Latvia
168.5 hours per year
in 2019
El Salvador rank
121st
Latvia rank
120th

Paying taxes: Time over time

  • El Salvador
  • Latvia
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How they compare

Latvia currently reports 168.5 hours per year against 168 hours per year in El Salvador, a difference of 0.5 hours per year.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 15 shared years of data; in 2005 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 121st and Latvia ranks 120th of 187 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Latvia Difference Ahead
2000s 320 hours per year 255.4 hours per year 64.6 hours per year El Salvador
2010s 268.8 hours per year 201.1 hours per year 67.7 hours per year El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher paying taxes: time, El Salvador or Latvia?
Latvia, at 168.5 hours per year against 168 hours per year in El Salvador as of 2019.
What is the difference in paying taxes: time between El Salvador and Latvia?
0.5 hours per year, with Latvia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Latvia?
15 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2019.
How do El Salvador and Latvia rank globally for paying taxes: time?
El Salvador ranks 121st and Latvia ranks 120th of 187 countries.
Where does this data come from?
The World Bank, published as Paying taxes: Time (hours per year). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year)
Unit
hours per year
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
189 places, 2,778 data points, 2005–2019
Last refreshed

The time to comply with tax laws measures the time taken to prepare, ?le and pay three major types of taxes and contributions: the corporate income tax, value added or sales tax and labor taxes, including payroll taxes and social contributions.