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

Palau: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 99.54 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
99.54
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
5th
of 188 countries
All-time high
99.54
in 2017
All-time low
85.63
in 2012
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060801002005201220192005: 87.82006: 87.82007: 87.82008: 87.82009: 87.82010: 87.82011: 87.82012: 85.62013: 85.62014: 85.62015: 85.62016: 85.62017: 99.52018: 99.52019: 99.5

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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 87.79 87.79 87.79 5
2010s 90.23 85.63 99.54 10

Countries ranked near Palau

  1. 4 Estonia 99.85 compare
  2. 5 Bhutan 99.54 compare
  3. 5 San Marino 99.54 compare
  4. 8 Brunei 99.46 compare

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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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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.