Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Jamaica
Jamaica: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 66.15 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Jamaica, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Jamaica is 66.15, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 15.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Jamaica peaked at 66.15 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 57.5, in 2005.
That places Jamaica 141st 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 Jamaica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 57.5 | — |
| 2006 | 57.5 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 57.5 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 57.5 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 57.5 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 57.5 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 57.5 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 64.61 | +12.4% |
| 2013 | 64.61 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 64.61 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 64.3 | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 65.53 | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 65.53 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 65.53 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 66.15 | +0.9% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 66.15 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 74.65, 89% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 66.15 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 73.88, 90% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 57.5 | 57.5 | 57.5 | 5 |
| 2010s | 63.59 | 57.5 | 66.15 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
More reference data data for Jamaica
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.045 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.1808 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.2582 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0003 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.2582 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1508 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0583 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.8486 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.19 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0015 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Jamaica?
- Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Jamaica was 66.15 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 66.15 in 2019.
- What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 57.5 in 2005.
- How does Jamaica rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
- Jamaica ranks 141st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jamaica 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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About this data
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.