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
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Puerto Rico, 2005–2019
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
| 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 81.11 | 73.88 | 85.94 | 5 |
| 2010s | 73.88 | 73.88 | 73.88 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
More reference data data for Puerto Rico
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0791 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0001 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.2501 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.1709 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.2501 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Agricultural Soils 326.76 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Agricultural 326.76 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Manure Management 1.24 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - IPCC Agriculture 36.05 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0002 (2050)
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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About this data
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.