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
0100200300200520122019

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

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.