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

El Salvador: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 81.61 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
81.61
Change on year
up 2.3%
World rank
69th
of 191 countries
All-time high
81.61
in 2019
All-time low
58.11
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060802005201220192005: 58.12006: 58.12007: 58.12008: 58.12009: 58.12010: 58.12011: 58.12012: 58.12013: 58.12014: 58.12015: 59.42016: 69.22017: 79.82018: 79.82019: 81.6

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in El Salvador stood at 81.61. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 40.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in El Salvador peaked at 81.61 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 58.11, in 2005.

El Salvador ranks 69th of 191 countries on this measure, 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 El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in El Salvador, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 58.11 —
2006 58.11 +0.0%
2007 58.11 +0.0%
2008 58.11 +0.0%
2009 58.11 +0.0%
2010 58.11 +0.0%
2011 58.11 +0.0%
2012 58.11 +0.0%
2013 58.11 +0.0%
2014 58.11 +0.0%
2015 59.35 +2.1%
2016 69.24 +16.7%
2017 79.75 +15.2%
2018 79.75 +0.0%
2019 81.61 +2.3%

El Salvador compared with similar countries

  • El Salvador's 81.61 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 74.65, 1.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • El Salvador's 81.61 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 58.11 58.11 58.11 5
2010s 66.03 58.11 81.61 10

Countries ranked near El Salvador

  1. 67 Romania 82.38 compare
  2. 67 Uruguay 82.38 compare
  3. 69 Kiribati 81.61 compare
  4. 71 Latvia 81.53 compare
  5. 72 Malawi 81.45 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 El Salvador?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in El Salvador was 81.61 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 81.61 in 2019.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 58.11 in 2005.
How does El Salvador rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
El Salvador ranks 69th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is up 40.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this El Salvador 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.