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
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Saint Lucia, 2005–2019
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
| 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 96.26 | 93.35 | 98.15 | 5 |
| 2010s | 91.62 | 90.57 | 93.35 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
- 24 Comoros 92.12 compare
- 25 Australia 91.34 compare
- 26 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 90.88 compare
- 28 United Kingdom 89.95 compare
- 29 Dominica 89.49 compare
- 30 Netherlands 89.18 compare
- 30 North Macedonia 89.18 compare
More reference data data for Saint Lucia
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0062 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0081 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0143 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (1979)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0143 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0208 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0131 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0405 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0745 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (1979)
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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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.