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

Colombia: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 68.08 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
68.08
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
136th
of 191 countries
All-time high
77.74
in 2011
All-time low
37.09
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060802005201220192005: 37.12006: 37.12007: 66.22008: 682009: 75.42010: 75.42011: 77.72012: 76.22013: 76.22014: 70.62015: 70.62016: 70.62017: 70.62018: 68.12019: 68.1

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Colombia stood at 68.08.

The figure is down 9.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Colombia peaked at 77.74 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 37.09, in 2005.

That places Colombia 136th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Colombia, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 37.09 —
2006 37.09 +0.0%
2007 66.15 +78.3%
2008 68.01 +2.8%
2009 75.42 +10.9%
2010 75.42 +0.0%
2011 77.74 +3.1%
2012 76.2 -2.0%
2013 76.2 +0.0%
2014 70.63 -7.3%
2015 70.63 +0.0%
2016 70.63 +0.0%
2017 70.63 +0.0%
2018 68.08 -3.6%
2019 68.08 +0.0%

Colombia compared with similar countries

  • Colombia's 68.08 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 74.65, 91% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Colombia's 68.08 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 73.88, 92% of the median. (33 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Colombia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2007 +78.3% 37.09 66.15

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 56.75 37.09 75.42 5
2010s 72.43 68.08 77.74 10

Countries ranked near Colombia

  1. 134 India 68.64 compare
  2. 135 Albania 68.62 compare
  3. 137 Guyana 68.01 compare
  4. 138 Peru 67.39 compare
  5. 139 Armenia 66.77 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 Colombia?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Colombia was 68.08 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Colombia?
The highest recorded value was 77.74 in 2011.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Colombia?
The lowest recorded value was 37.09 in 2005.
How does Colombia rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Colombia ranks 136th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Colombia?
Over the last ten years it is down 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Colombia 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
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.