Marshall Islands vs Singapore: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year)

Marshall Islands
56 hours per year
in 2019
Singapore
64 hours per year
in 2019
Marshall Islands rank
181st
Singapore rank
179th

Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) over time

  • Marshall Islands
  • Singapore
050100150200520122019

How they compare

Singapore currently reports 64 hours per year against 56 hours per year in Marshall Islands, a difference of 8 hours per year.

That makes Singapore's figure about 1.1 times Marshall Islands's.

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

Marshall Islands ranks 181st and Singapore ranks 179th of 190 countries.

Marshall Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Marshall Islands Singapore Difference Ahead
2000s 128 hours per year 63.3 hours per year 64.7 hours per year Marshall Islands
2010s 97.6 hours per year 76.35 hours per year 21.25 hours per year Marshall Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher paying taxes: time, Marshall Islands or Singapore?
Singapore, at 64 hours per year against 56 hours per year in Marshall Islands as of 2019.
What is the difference in paying taxes: time between Marshall Islands and Singapore?
8 hours per year, with Singapore ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Marshall Islands and Singapore?
15 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2019.
How do Marshall Islands and Singapore rank globally for paying taxes: time?
Marshall Islands ranks 181st and Singapore ranks 179th of 190 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
190 places, 2,789 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.