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

Barbados: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 70.32 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
70.32
Change on year
up 0.9%
World rank
128th
of 191 countries
All-time high
70.94
in 2012
All-time low
69.71
in 2011
Years of data
9
2011–2019

Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Barbados, 2011–2019

0204060802011201520192011: 69.72012: 70.92013: 70.92014: 70.92015: 70.92016: 70.92017: 69.72018: 69.72019: 70.3

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Barbados recorded 70.32 for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in 2019.

That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Barbados peaked at 70.94 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 69.71, in 2011.

That places Barbados 128th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Barbados, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Barbados, 2011 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2011 69.71 —
2012 70.94 +1.8%
2013 70.94 +0.0%
2014 70.94 +0.0%
2015 70.94 +0.0%
2016 70.94 +0.0%
2017 69.71 -1.7%
2018 69.71 +0.0%
2019 70.32 +0.9%

Barbados compared with similar countries

  • Barbados's 70.32 is below the median for high income countries, which is 85.7, 82% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Barbados's 70.32 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 73.88, 95% of the median. (33 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Barbados

  1. 126 Italy 70.79 compare
  2. 127 Mexico 70.4 compare
  3. 129 Zimbabwe 70.17 compare
  4. 130 Portugal 70.02 compare
  5. 131 Fiji 69.4 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Barbados?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Barbados was 70.32 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Barbados?
The highest recorded value was 70.94 in 2012.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Barbados?
The lowest recorded value was 69.71 in 2011.
How does Barbados rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Barbados ranks 128th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Barbados?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Barbados 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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Indicator
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 2,794 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.