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

Qatar: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 100 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
100
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 191 countries
All-time high
100
in 2007
All-time low
100
in 2007
Years of data
13
2007–2019

Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Qatar, 2007–2019

0204060801002007201320192007: 1002008: 1002009: 1002010: 1002011: 1002012: 1002013: 1002014: 1002015: 1002016: 1002017: 1002018: 1002019: 100

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Qatar recorded 100 for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Qatar peaked at 100 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 100, in 2007.

Qatar ranks 1st of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Qatar, 2007 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2007 100 —
2008 100 +0.0%
2009 100 +0.0%
2010 100 +0.0%
2011 100 +0.0%
2012 100 +0.0%
2013 100 +0.0%
2014 100 +0.0%
2015 100 +0.0%
2016 100 +0.0%
2017 100 +0.0%
2018 100 +0.0%
2019 100 +0.0%

Qatar compared with similar countries

  • Qatar's 100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 85.7, 1.2× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Qatar's 100 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 80.68, 1.2× the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 100 100 100 3
2010s 100 100 100 10

Countries ranked near Qatar

  1. 1 Bahrain 100 compare
  2. 1 Hong Kong 100 compare
  3. 4 Estonia 99.85 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Qatar?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Qatar was 100 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Qatar?
The highest recorded value was 100 in 2007.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Qatar?
The lowest recorded value was 100 in 2007.
How does Qatar rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Qatar ranks 1st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Qatar?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Qatar 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
191 places, 2,794 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.