Samoa vs Taiwan: Paying taxes: Time
Samoa
224 hours per year
in 2019
Taiwan
221 hours per year
in 2019
Samoa rank
74th
Taiwan rank
76th
Paying taxes: Time over time
- Samoa
- Taiwan
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 224 hours per year against 221 hours per year in Taiwan, a difference of 3 hours per year.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 15 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Taiwan ahead.
Samoa ranks 74th and Taiwan ranks 76th of 187 countries.
Taiwan has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Taiwan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 224 hours per year | 328.1 hours per year | 104.1 hours per year | Taiwan |
| 2010s | 224 hours per year | 228.2 hours per year | 4.2 hours per year | Taiwan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher paying taxes: time, Samoa or Taiwan?
- Samoa, at 224 hours per year against 221 hours per year in Taiwan as of 2019.
- What is the difference in paying taxes: time between Samoa and Taiwan?
- 3 hours per year, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Taiwan?
- 15 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2019.
- How do Samoa and Taiwan rank globally for paying taxes: time?
- Samoa ranks 74th and Taiwan ranks 76th 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
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.