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

Guatemala: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 69.24 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
69.24
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
132nd
of 191 countries
All-time high
69.24
in 2017
All-time low
54.4
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

02040602005201220192005: 54.42006: 54.42007: 54.42008: 54.42009: 54.42010: 54.42011: 54.42012: 56.32013: 57.22014: 682015: 682016: 682017: 69.22018: 69.22019: 69.2

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Guatemala stood at 69.24. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of up 27.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Guatemala peaked at 69.24 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 54.4, in 2005.

Guatemala ranks 132nd 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 Guatemala, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Guatemala, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 54.4 —
2006 54.4 +0.0%
2007 54.4 +0.0%
2008 54.4 +0.0%
2009 54.4 +0.0%
2010 54.4 +0.0%
2011 54.4 +0.0%
2012 56.26 +3.4%
2013 57.19 +1.6%
2014 68.01 +18.9%
2015 68.01 +0.0%
2016 68.01 +0.0%
2017 69.24 +1.8%
2018 69.24 +0.0%
2019 69.24 +0.0%

Guatemala compared with similar countries

  • Guatemala's 69.24 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 74.65, 93% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Guatemala's 69.24 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 73.88, 94% of the median. (33 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 54.4 54.4 54.4 5
2010s 63.4 54.4 69.24 10

Countries ranked near Guatemala

  1. 129 Zimbabwe 70.17 compare
  2. 130 Portugal 70.02 compare
  3. 131 Fiji 69.4 compare
  4. 132 Yemen 69.24 compare
  5. 134 India 68.64 compare
  6. 135 Albania 68.62 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 Guatemala?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Guatemala was 69.24 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Guatemala?
The highest recorded value was 69.24 in 2017.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Guatemala?
The lowest recorded value was 54.4 in 2005.
How does Guatemala rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Guatemala ranks 132nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Guatemala?
Over the last ten years it is up 27.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Guatemala 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.