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

Saint Lucia: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 90.57 in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
90.57
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
27th
of 191 countries
All-time high
98.15
in 2008
All-time low
90.57
in 2014
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060801002005201220192005: 96.62006: 96.62007: 96.62008: 98.12009: 93.42010: 93.42011: 93.42012: 93.42013: 92.72014: 90.62015: 90.62016: 90.62017: 90.62018: 90.62019: 90.6

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Saint Lucia stood at 90.57. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

The figure is down 3.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Saint Lucia peaked at 98.15 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 90.57, in 2014.

Saint Lucia ranks 27th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Saint Lucia, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 96.6 —
2006 96.6 +0.0%
2007 96.6 +0.0%
2008 98.15 +1.6%
2009 93.35 -4.9%
2010 93.35 +0.0%
2011 93.35 +0.0%
2012 93.35 +0.0%
2013 92.66 -0.7%
2014 90.57 -2.3%
2015 90.57 +0.0%
2016 90.57 +0.0%
2017 90.57 +0.0%
2018 90.57 +0.0%
2019 90.57 +0.0%

Saint Lucia compared with similar countries

  • Saint Lucia's 90.57 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 74.65, 1.2× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Saint Lucia's 90.57 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 73.88, 1.2× the median. (33 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 96.26 93.35 98.15 5
2010s 91.62 90.57 93.35 10

Countries ranked near Saint Lucia

  1. 24 Comoros 92.12 compare
  2. 25 Australia 91.34 compare
  3. 26 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 90.88 compare
  4. 28 United Kingdom 89.95 compare
  5. 29 Dominica 89.49 compare
  6. 30 Netherlands 89.18 compare
  7. 30 North Macedonia 89.18 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 Saint Lucia?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Saint Lucia was 90.57 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Saint Lucia?
The highest recorded value was 98.15 in 2008.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Saint Lucia?
The lowest recorded value was 90.57 in 2014.
How does Saint Lucia rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Saint Lucia ranks 27th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Saint Lucia 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.