Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 83.15 in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
83.15
Change on year
down 16.8%
World rank
59th
of 188 countries
All-time high
100
in 2005
All-time low
83.15
in 2019
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060801002005201220192005: 1002006: 1002007: 1002008: 1002009: 1002010: 1002011: 1002012: 1002013: 1002014: 1002015: 1002016: 1002017: 1002018: 1002019: 83.2

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in United Arab Emirates is 83.15, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

The figure is down 16.8% on the previous year and down 16.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in United Arab Emirates peaked at 100 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 83.15, in 2019.

That places United Arab Emirates 59th out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 100 100 100 5
2010s 98.32 83.15 100 10

Countries ranked near United Arab Emirates

  1. 56 Saudi Arabia 84.08 compare
  2. 57 Bahamas 83.62 compare
  3. 57 Morocco 83.62 compare
  4. 59 Zambia 83.15 compare
  5. 61 Russia 83 compare
  6. 61 Azerbaijan 83 compare
  7. 61 Togo 83 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in United Arab Emirates?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in United Arab Emirates was 83.15 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in United Arab Emirates?
The highest recorded value was 100 in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in United Arab Emirates?
The lowest recorded value was 83.15 in 2019.
How does United Arab Emirates rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
United Arab Emirates ranks 59th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
Over the last ten years it is down 16.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this United Arab Emirates 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

Indicator
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 2,783 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.