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

Belize: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 84.85 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
84.85
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
55th
of 191 countries
All-time high
84.85
in 2005
All-time low
84.85
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Belize, 2005–2019

0204060802005201220192005: 84.92006: 84.92007: 84.92008: 84.92009: 84.92010: 84.92011: 84.92012: 84.92013: 84.92014: 84.92015: 84.92016: 84.92017: 84.92018: 84.92019: 84.9

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Belize stood at 84.85. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Belize peaked at 84.85 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 84.85, in 2005.

Belize ranks 55th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Belize, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 84.85 —
2006 84.85 +0.0%
2007 84.85 +0.0%
2008 84.85 +0.0%
2009 84.85 +0.0%
2010 84.85 +0.0%
2011 84.85 +0.0%
2012 84.85 +0.0%
2013 84.85 +0.0%
2014 84.85 +0.0%
2015 84.85 +0.0%
2016 84.85 +0.0%
2017 84.85 +0.0%
2018 84.85 +0.0%
2019 84.85 +0.0%

Belize compared with similar countries

  • Belize's 84.85 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 74.65, 1.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Belize's 84.85 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 73.88, 1.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 84.85 84.85 84.85 5
2010s 84.85 84.85 84.85 10

Countries ranked near Belize

  1. 53 Spain 85.47 compare
  2. 54 Tunisia 85.32 compare
  3. 56 Costa Rica 84.23 compare
  4. 57 Saudi Arabia 84.08 compare
  5. 58 Kosovo 83.85 compare
  6. 58 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 83.85 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 Belize?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Belize was 84.85 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Belize?
The highest recorded value was 84.85 in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Belize?
The lowest recorded value was 84.85 in 2005.
How does Belize rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Belize ranks 55th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Belize?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Belize 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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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
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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.