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

Tunisia: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 85.32 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
85.32
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
54th
of 191 countries
All-time high
85.32
in 2010
All-time low
65.53
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060802005201220192005: 65.52006: 65.52007: 66.22008: 72.32009: 72.32010: 85.32011: 85.32012: 85.32013: 85.32014: 85.32015: 85.32016: 85.32017: 85.22018: 85.32019: 85.3

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Tunisia recorded 85.32 for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 17.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Tunisia peaked at 85.32 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 65.53, in 2005.

Tunisia ranks 54th of 191 countries on this measure, 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 Tunisia, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Tunisia, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 65.53 —
2006 65.53 +0.0%
2007 66.15 +0.9%
2008 72.33 +9.3%
2009 72.33 +0.0%
2010 85.32 +17.9%
2011 85.32 +0.0%
2012 85.32 +0.0%
2013 85.32 +0.0%
2014 85.32 +0.0%
2015 85.32 +0.0%
2016 85.32 +0.0%
2017 85.16 -0.2%
2018 85.32 +0.2%
2019 85.32 +0.0%

Tunisia compared with similar countries

  • Tunisia's 85.32 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 72.95, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Tunisia's 85.32 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 80.68, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 68.38 65.53 72.33 5
2010s 85.3 85.16 85.32 10

Countries ranked near Tunisia

  1. 53 Spain 85.47 compare
  2. 55 Belize 84.85 compare
  3. 56 Costa Rica 84.23 compare
  4. 57 Saudi Arabia 84.08 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 Tunisia?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Tunisia was 85.32 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Tunisia?
The highest recorded value was 85.32 in 2010.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Tunisia?
The lowest recorded value was 65.53 in 2005.
How does Tunisia rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Tunisia ranks 54th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Tunisia?
Over the last ten years it is up 17.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Tunisia 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.