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

Samoa: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 72.95 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
72.95
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
116th
of 191 countries
All-time high
72.95
in 2005
All-time low
72.95
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060802005201220192005: 732006: 732007: 732008: 732009: 732010: 732011: 732012: 732013: 732014: 732015: 732016: 732017: 732018: 732019: 73

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Samoa stood at 72.95. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

The figure is unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Samoa peaked at 72.95 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 72.95, in 2005.

Samoa ranks 116th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Samoa, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 72.95 —
2006 72.95 +0.0%
2007 72.95 +0.0%
2008 72.95 +0.0%
2009 72.95 +0.0%
2010 72.95 +0.0%
2011 72.95 +0.0%
2012 72.95 +0.0%
2013 72.95 +0.0%
2014 72.95 +0.0%
2015 72.95 +0.0%
2016 72.95 +0.0%
2017 72.95 +0.0%
2018 72.95 +0.0%
2019 72.95 +0.0%

Samoa compared with similar countries

  • Samoa's 72.95 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 74.65, 98% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Samoa's 72.95 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 81.38, 90% of the median. (28 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 72.95 72.95 72.95 5
2010s 72.95 72.95 72.95 10

Countries ranked near Samoa

  1. 114 Kyrgyzstan 73.57 compare
  2. 115 Taiwan 73.42 compare
  3. 116 Tajikistan 72.95 compare
  4. 118 Serbia 72.72 compare
  5. 119 Ghana 72.64 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 Samoa?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Samoa was 72.95 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Samoa?
The highest recorded value was 72.95 in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Samoa?
The lowest recorded value was 72.95 in 2005.
How does Samoa rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Samoa ranks 116th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Samoa?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Samoa 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
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.