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

Puerto Rico: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 73.88 in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
73.88
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
111th
of 191 countries
All-time high
85.94
in 2005
All-time low
73.88
in 2008
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060802005201220192005: 85.92006: 85.92007: 85.92008: 73.92009: 73.92010: 73.92011: 73.92012: 73.92013: 73.92014: 73.92015: 73.92016: 73.92017: 73.92018: 73.92019: 73.9

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Puerto Rico recorded 73.88 for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Puerto Rico peaked at 85.94 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 73.88, in 2008.

Puerto Rico ranks 111th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.

Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Puerto Rico, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Puerto Rico, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 85.94 —
2006 85.94 +0.0%
2007 85.94 +0.0%
2008 73.88 -14.0%
2009 73.88 +0.0%
2010 73.88 +0.0%
2011 73.88 +0.0%
2012 73.88 +0.0%
2013 73.88 +0.0%
2014 73.88 +0.0%
2015 73.88 +0.0%
2016 73.88 +0.0%
2017 73.88 +0.0%
2018 73.88 +0.0%
2019 73.88 +0.0%

Puerto Rico compared with similar countries

  • Puerto Rico's 73.88 is below the median for high income countries, which is 85.7, 86% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Puerto Rico's 73.88 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 73.88, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 81.11 73.88 85.94 5
2010s 73.88 73.88 73.88 10

Countries ranked near Puerto Rico

  1. 108 Eritrea 74.19 compare
  2. 108 Georgia 74.19 compare
  3. 108 Iran 74.19 compare
  4. 111 Germany 73.88 compare
  5. 111 Guinea-Bissau 73.88 compare
  6. 114 Kyrgyzstan 73.57 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 Puerto Rico?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Puerto Rico was 73.88 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Puerto Rico?
The highest recorded value was 85.94 in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Puerto Rico?
The lowest recorded value was 73.88 in 2008.
How does Puerto Rico rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Puerto Rico ranks 111th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Puerto Rico 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.