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

Portugal: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 70.02 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
70.02
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
130th
of 191 countries
All-time high
70.02
in 2016
All-time low
56.88
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060802005201220192005: 56.92006: 56.92007: 56.92008: 56.92009: 56.92010: 61.52011: 65.12012: 65.12013: 65.12014: 65.12015: 65.12016: 702017: 702018: 702019: 70

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Portugal stood at 70.02. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of up 23.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Portugal peaked at 70.02 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 56.88, in 2005.

Portugal ranks 130th of 191 countries on this measure, 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 Portugal, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Portugal, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 56.88 —
2006 56.88 +0.0%
2007 56.88 +0.0%
2008 56.88 +0.0%
2009 56.88 +0.0%
2010 61.51 +8.2%
2011 65.07 +5.8%
2012 65.07 +0.0%
2013 65.07 +0.0%
2014 65.07 +0.0%
2015 65.07 +0.0%
2016 70.02 +7.6%
2017 70.02 +0.0%
2018 70.02 +0.0%
2019 70.02 +0.0%

Portugal compared with similar countries

  • Portugal's 70.02 is below the median for high income countries, which is 85.7, 82% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Portugal's 70.02 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 81.3, 86% of the median. (49 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 56.88 56.88 56.88 5
2010s 66.69 61.51 70.02 10

Countries ranked near Portugal

  1. 127 Mexico 70.4 compare
  2. 128 Barbados 70.32 compare
  3. 129 Zimbabwe 70.17 compare
  4. 131 Fiji 69.4 compare
  5. 132 Guatemala 69.24 compare
  6. 132 Yemen 69.24 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 Portugal?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Portugal was 70.02 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Portugal?
The highest recorded value was 70.02 in 2016.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Portugal?
The lowest recorded value was 56.88 in 2005.
How does Portugal rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Portugal ranks 130th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Portugal?
Over the last ten years it is up 23.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Portugal 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.