Paying taxes: Time in Bhutan
Bhutan: Paying taxes: Time was 52 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling
Paying taxes: Time in Bhutan, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.
Analysis
The most recent figure for paying taxes: time in Bhutan is 52 hours per year, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of down 45.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Bhutan peaked at 95 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 52 hours per year, in 2018.
Bhutan ranks 184th of 190 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Paying taxes: Time in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | hours per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 95 hours per year | — |
| 2006 | 95 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 95 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 95 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 95 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 95 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 95 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 95 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 95 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 95 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 95 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 95 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 95 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 52 hours per year | -45.3% |
| 2019 | 52 hours per year | +0.0% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 52 hours per year is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 224 hours per year, 23% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 52 hours per year is below the median for South Asia, which is 314.44 hours per year, 17% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 95 hours per year | 95 hours per year | 95 hours per year | 5 |
| 2010s | 86.4 hours per year | 52 hours per year | 95 hours per year | 10 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
- 181 Marshall Islands 56 hours per year compare
- 182 Luxembourg 55 hours per year compare
- 183 Brunei 52.5 hours per year compare
- 184 Palau 52 hours per year compare
- 184 San Marino 52 hours per year compare
- 187 Estonia 50 hours per year compare
More reference data data for Bhutan
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0217 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0671 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.1192 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0167 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.1192 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0727 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0153 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.3489 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.5881 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0909 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is paying taxes: time in Bhutan?
- Paying taxes: time in Bhutan was 52 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 95 hours per year in 2005.
- What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 52 hours per year in 2018.
- How does Bhutan rank for paying taxes: time?
- Bhutan ranks 184th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.