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

Kiribati: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 81.61 in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
81.61
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
69th
of 191 countries
All-time high
89.03
in 2005
All-time low
81.61
in 2016
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060802005201220192005: 892006: 892007: 892008: 892009: 892010: 892011: 892012: 892013: 892014: 892015: 83.52016: 81.62017: 81.62018: 81.62019: 81.6

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

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

The figure is down 8.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Kiribati peaked at 89.03 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 81.61, in 2016.

Kiribati ranks 69th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Kiribati, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 89.03 —
2006 89.03 +0.0%
2007 89.03 +0.0%
2008 89.03 +0.0%
2009 89.03 +0.0%
2010 89.03 +0.0%
2011 89.03 +0.0%
2012 89.03 +0.0%
2013 89.03 +0.0%
2014 89.03 +0.0%
2015 83.46 -6.3%
2016 81.61 -2.2%
2017 81.61 +0.0%
2018 81.61 +0.0%
2019 81.61 +0.0%

Kiribati compared with similar countries

  • Kiribati's 81.61 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 72.95, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Kiribati's 81.61 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 81.38, 1.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 89.03 89.03 89.03 5
2010s 85.5 81.61 89.03 10

Countries ranked near Kiribati

  1. 67 Romania 82.38 compare
  2. 67 Uruguay 82.38 compare
  3. 69 El Salvador 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 Kiribati?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Kiribati was 81.61 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Kiribati?
The highest recorded value was 89.03 in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Kiribati?
The lowest recorded value was 81.61 in 2016.
How does Kiribati rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Kiribati ranks 69th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Kiribati?
Over the last ten years it is down 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Kiribati 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.