Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Bahamas

Bahamas: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 83.62 in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
83.62
Change on year
up 8.4%
World rank
57th
of 188 countries
All-time high
98.61
in 2007
All-time low
71.56
in 2016
Years of data
13
2007–2019

Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Bahamas, 2007–2019

0204060801002007201320192007: 98.62008: 98.62009: 98.62010: 98.62011: 98.62012: 98.62013: 98.62014: 98.62015: 98.62016: 71.62017: 71.62018: 77.12019: 83.6

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Bahamas stood at 83.62.

That represents a change of up 8.4% on the previous year and down 15.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Bahamas peaked at 98.61 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 71.56, in 2016.

Bahamas ranks 57th of 188 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 98.61 98.61 98.61 3
2010s 89.55 71.56 98.61 10

Countries ranked near Bahamas

  1. 54 Belize 84.85 compare
  2. 55 Costa Rica 84.23 compare
  3. 56 Saudi Arabia 84.08 compare
  4. 57 Morocco 83.62 compare
  5. 59 United Arab Emirates 83.15 compare
  6. 59 Zambia 83.15 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Bahamas?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Bahamas was 83.62 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Bahamas?
The highest recorded value was 98.61 in 2007.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Bahamas?
The lowest recorded value was 71.56 in 2016.
How does Bahamas rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Bahamas ranks 57th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Bahamas?
Over the last ten years it is down 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Bahamas data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 2,783 data points, 2005–2019
Last refreshed

The score for time to comply with tax laws benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.