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
108th
of 188 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 108th of 188 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.

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. 105 Eritrea 74.19 compare
  2. 105 Georgia 74.19 compare
  3. 105 Iran 74.19 compare
  4. 108 Germany 73.88 compare
  5. 108 Guinea-Bissau 73.88 compare
  6. 111 Kyrgyzstan 73.57 compare

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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 108th out of 188 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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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.