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

Latvia: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 81.53 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
81.53
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
68th
of 188 countries
All-time high
81.53
in 2016
All-time low
64.3
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060802005201220192005: 64.32006: 64.32007: 70.62008: 70.62009: 70.62010: 68.52011: 68.92012: 732013: 732014: 77.72015: 77.72016: 81.52017: 81.52018: 81.52019: 81.5

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Latvia is 81.53, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Latvia peaked at 81.53 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 64.3, in 2005.

That places Latvia 68th out of 188 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 68.1 64.3 70.63 5
2010s 76.49 68.47 81.53 10

Countries ranked near Latvia

  1. 66 El Salvador 81.61 compare
  2. 66 Kiribati 81.61 compare
  3. 69 Malawi 81.45 compare
  4. 70 Belarus 81.3 compare
  5. 70 Turkey 81.3 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Latvia?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Latvia was 81.53 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Latvia?
The highest recorded value was 81.53 in 2016.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Latvia?
The lowest recorded value was 64.3 in 2005.
How does Latvia rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Latvia ranks 68th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Latvia?
Over the last ten years it is up 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Latvia 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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Indicator
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 2,783 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.