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

Brunei: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 99.46 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
99.46
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
8th
of 191 countries
All-time high
99.46
in 2018
All-time low
85.32
in 2006
Years of data
14
2006–2019

Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Brunei, 2006–2019

0204060801002006201220192006: 85.32007: 85.32008: 85.32009: 85.32010: 85.32011: 92.72012: 92.72013: 92.72014: 93.22015: 93.82016: 97.32017: 97.72018: 99.52019: 99.5

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Brunei stood at 99.46. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Brunei peaked at 99.46 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 85.32, in 2006.

Brunei ranks 8th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Brunei, 2006 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2006 85.32 —
2007 85.32 +0.0%
2008 85.32 +0.0%
2009 85.32 +0.0%
2010 85.32 +0.0%
2011 92.74 +8.7%
2012 92.74 +0.0%
2013 92.74 +0.0%
2014 93.2 +0.5%
2015 93.82 +0.7%
2016 97.3 +3.7%
2017 97.65 +0.4%
2018 99.46 +1.9%
2019 99.46 +0.0%

Brunei compared with similar countries

  • Brunei's 99.46 is above the median for high income countries, which is 85.7, 1.2× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Brunei's 99.46 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 81.38, 1.2× the median. (28 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 85.32 85.32 85.32 4
2010s 94.44 85.32 99.46 10

Countries ranked near Brunei

  1. 5 Bhutan 99.54 compare
  2. 5 Palau 99.54 compare
  3. 5 San Marino 99.54 compare
  4. 9 Luxembourg 99.07 compare
  5. 10 Marshall Islands 98.92 compare
  6. 11 Switzerland 97.84 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 Brunei?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Brunei was 99.46 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Brunei?
The highest recorded value was 99.46 in 2018.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Brunei?
The lowest recorded value was 85.32 in 2006.
How does Brunei rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Brunei ranks 8th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Brunei?
Over the last ten years it is up 16.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Brunei 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.