Samoa vs Serbia: Paying taxes: Time

Samoa
224 hours per year
in 2019
Serbia
225.5 hours per year
in 2019
Samoa rank
74th
Serbia rank
73rd

Paying taxes: Time over time

  • Samoa
  • Serbia
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How they compare

Serbia currently reports 225.5 hours per year against 224 hours per year in Samoa, a difference of 1.5 hours per year.

Across all 15 years both countries report, Serbia has been ahead every year.

Samoa ranks 74th and Serbia ranks 73rd of 187 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Samoa Serbia Difference Ahead
2000s 224 hours per year 279 hours per year 55 hours per year Serbia
2010s 224 hours per year 254.12 hours per year 30.12 hours per year Serbia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher paying taxes: time, Samoa or Serbia?
Serbia, at 225.5 hours per year against 224 hours per year in Samoa as of 2019.
What is the difference in paying taxes: time between Samoa and Serbia?
1.5 hours per year, with Serbia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Serbia?
15 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2019.
How do Samoa and Serbia rank globally for paying taxes: time?
Samoa ranks 74th and Serbia ranks 73rd 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.