Paying taxes: Time in Belize
Belize: Paying taxes: Time was 147 hours per year in 2019. ▬ Flat
Paying taxes: Time in Belize, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.
Analysis
Belize recorded 147 hours per year for paying taxes: time in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Belize peaked at 147 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 147 hours per year, in 2005.
That places Belize 136th out of 190 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Paying taxes: Time in Belize, year by year
| Year | hours per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 147 hours per year | — |
| 2006 | 147 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 147 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 147 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 147 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 147 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 147 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 147 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 147 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 147 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 147 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 147 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 147 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 147 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 147 hours per year | +0.0% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 147 hours per year is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 213 hours per year, 69% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Belize's 147 hours per year is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 218 hours per year, 67% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 147 hours per year | 147 hours per year | 147 hours per year | 5 |
| 2010s | 147 hours per year | 147 hours per year | 147 hours per year | 10 |
Countries ranked near Belize
- 134 Saudi Arabia 152 hours per year compare
- 135 Costa Rica 151 hours per year compare
- 137 Tunisia 144 hours per year compare
- 138 Spain 143 hours per year compare
- 139 Grenada 140 hours per year compare
- 139 Iceland 140 hours per year compare
- 139 Mauritius 140 hours per year compare
- 139 New Zealand 140 hours per year compare
More reference data data for Belize
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0139 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0337 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0813 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0041 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0813 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0467 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0206 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.1856 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.399 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0225 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is paying taxes: time in Belize?
- Paying taxes: time in Belize was 147 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 147 hours per year in 2005.
- What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 147 hours per year in 2005.
- How does Belize rank for paying taxes: time?
- Belize ranks 136th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Belize 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.
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About this data
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.