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

Thailand: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 72.18 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
72.18
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
120th
of 191 countries
All-time high
72.18
in 2018
All-time low
66.77
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060802005201220192005: 66.82006: 66.82007: 66.82008: 66.82009: 66.82010: 66.82011: 66.82012: 66.82013: 66.82014: 66.82015: 66.82016: 67.12017: 67.12018: 72.22019: 72.2

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Thailand recorded 72.18 for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of up 8.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Thailand peaked at 72.18 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 66.77, in 2005.

That places Thailand 120th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Thailand, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 66.77 —
2006 66.77 +0.0%
2007 66.77 +0.0%
2008 66.77 +0.0%
2009 66.77 +0.0%
2010 66.77 +0.0%
2011 66.77 +0.0%
2012 66.77 +0.0%
2013 66.77 +0.0%
2014 66.77 +0.0%
2015 66.77 +0.0%
2016 67.08 +0.5%
2017 67.08 +0.0%
2018 72.18 +7.6%
2019 72.18 +0.0%

Thailand compared with similar countries

  • Thailand's 72.18 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 74.65, 97% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Thailand's 72.18 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 81.38, 89% of the median. (28 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 66.77 66.77 66.77 5
2010s 67.91 66.77 72.18 10

Countries ranked near Thailand

  1. 118 Serbia 72.72 compare
  2. 119 Ghana 72.64 compare
  3. 121 Czechia 72.02 compare
  4. 122 Burundi 71.72 compare
  5. 123 Slovenia 71.56 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 Thailand?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Thailand was 72.18 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Thailand?
The highest recorded value was 72.18 in 2018.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Thailand?
The lowest recorded value was 66.77 in 2005.
How does Thailand rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Thailand ranks 120th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Thailand?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Thailand 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.