Paying taxes: Time in Argentina

Argentina: Paying taxes: Time was 311.5 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
311.5 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
35th
of 190 countries
All-time high
453 hours per year
in 2005
All-time low
311.5 hours per year
in 2017
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Argentina, 2005–2019

01002003004005002005201220192005: 453 hours per year2006: 453 hours per year2007: 453 hours per year2008: 453 hours per year2009: 453 hours per year2010: 453 hours per year2011: 415 hours per year2012: 405 hours per year2013: 405 hours per year2014: 405 hours per year2015: 405 hours per year2016: 359 hours per year2017: 311.5 hours per year2018: 311.5 hours per year2019: 311.5 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes: time in Argentina is 311.5 hours per year, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of down 31.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Argentina peaked at 453 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 311.5 hours per year, in 2017.

That places Argentina 35th out of 190 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

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

Paying taxes: Time in Argentina, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) in Argentina, 2005 to 2019.
Year hours per year Change
2005 453 hours per year —
2006 453 hours per year +0.0%
2007 453 hours per year +0.0%
2008 453 hours per year +0.0%
2009 453 hours per year +0.0%
2010 453 hours per year +0.0%
2011 415 hours per year -8.4%
2012 405 hours per year -2.4%
2013 405 hours per year +0.0%
2014 405 hours per year +0.0%
2015 405 hours per year +0.0%
2016 359 hours per year -11.4%
2017 311.5 hours per year -13.2%
2018 311.5 hours per year +0.0%
2019 311.5 hours per year +0.0%

Argentina compared with similar countries

  • Argentina's 311.5 hours per year is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 213 hours per year, 1.5× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Argentina's 311.5 hours per year is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 218 hours per year, 1.4× the median. (33 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 453 hours per year 453 hours per year 453 hours per year 5
2010s 378.15 hours per year 311.5 hours per year 453 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Argentina

  1. 32 Gambia 326 hours per year compare
  2. 33 Dominican Republic 317 hours per year compare
  3. 34 Iraq 312 hours per year compare
  4. 36 Namibia 302 hours per year compare
  5. 37 Ethiopia 300 hours per year compare
  6. 37 Montenegro 300 hours per year compare

See the full ranking of 190 places →

More reference data data for Argentina

All data for Argentina →

Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Argentina?
Paying taxes: time in Argentina was 311.5 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Argentina?
The highest recorded value was 453 hours per year in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Argentina?
The lowest recorded value was 311.5 hours per year in 2017.
How does Argentina rank for paying taxes: time?
Argentina ranks 35th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Argentina?
Over the last ten years it is down 31.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Argentina data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes: Time (hours per year). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 15 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Paying taxes: Time in Argentina. Statizoid. Retrieved 24 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/paying-taxes-time-hours-per-year/argentina/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/paying-taxes-time-hours-per-year/argentina/">Paying taxes: Time in Argentina</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year)
Unit
hours per year
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 2,789 data points, 2005–2019
Last refreshed

The time to comply with tax laws measures the time taken to prepare, ?le and pay three major types of taxes and contributions: the corporate income tax, value added or sales tax and labor taxes, including payroll taxes and social contributions.