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

Peru: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 67.39 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
67.39
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
138th
of 191 countries
All-time high
67.39
in 2015
All-time low
42.04
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

02040602005201220192005: 422006: 422007: 422008: 422009: 48.82010: 48.82011: 59.82012: 62.32013: 62.32014: 62.32015: 67.42016: 67.42017: 67.42018: 67.42019: 67.4

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Peru recorded 67.39 for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 38.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Peru peaked at 67.39 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 42.04, in 2005.

That places Peru 138th 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 Peru, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Peru, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 42.04 —
2006 42.04 +0.0%
2007 42.04 +0.0%
2008 42.04 +0.0%
2009 48.84 +16.2%
2010 48.84 +0.0%
2011 59.81 +22.5%
2012 62.29 +4.1%
2013 62.29 +0.0%
2014 62.29 +0.0%
2015 67.39 +8.2%
2016 67.39 +0.0%
2017 67.39 +0.0%
2018 67.39 +0.0%
2019 67.39 +0.0%

Peru compared with similar countries

  • Peru's 67.39 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 74.65, 90% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Peru's 67.39 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 73.88, 91% of the median. (33 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 43.4 42.04 48.84 5
2010s 63.25 48.84 67.39 10

Countries ranked near Peru

  1. 135 Albania 68.62 compare
  2. 136 Colombia 68.08 compare
  3. 137 Guyana 68.01 compare
  4. 139 Armenia 66.77 compare
  5. 140 Algeria 66.62 compare
  6. 141 Jamaica 66.15 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 Peru?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Peru was 67.39 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Peru?
The highest recorded value was 67.39 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Peru?
The lowest recorded value was 42.04 in 2005.
How does Peru rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Peru ranks 138th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Peru?
Over the last ten years it is up 38.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Peru 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.