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
127th
of 188 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 127th of 188 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.

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. 124 Mexico 70.4 compare
  2. 125 Barbados 70.32 compare
  3. 126 Zimbabwe 70.17 compare
  4. 128 Fiji 69.4 compare
  5. 129 Guatemala 69.24 compare
  6. 129 Yemen 69.24 compare

See the full ranking of 190 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 127th out of 188 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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About this data

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.