Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Palau
Palau: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 99.54 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Palau, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Palau stood at 99.54. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Palau peaked at 99.54 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 85.63, in 2012.
That places Palau 5th out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 87.79 | 87.79 | 87.79 | 5 |
| 2010s | 90.23 | 85.63 | 99.54 | 10 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Palau?
- Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Palau was 99.54 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Palau?
- The highest recorded value was 99.54 in 2017.
- What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Palau?
- The lowest recorded value was 85.63 in 2012.
- How does Palau rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
- Palau ranks 5th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
- Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Palau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palau 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.