Paying taxes: Time in Bhutan

Bhutan: Paying taxes: Time was 52 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
52 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
181st
of 187 countries
All-time high
95 hours per year
in 2005
All-time low
52 hours per year
in 2018
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Bhutan, 2005–2019

0204060801002005201220192005: 95 hours per year2006: 95 hours per year2007: 95 hours per year2008: 95 hours per year2009: 95 hours per year2010: 95 hours per year2011: 95 hours per year2012: 95 hours per year2013: 95 hours per year2014: 95 hours per year2015: 95 hours per year2016: 95 hours per year2017: 95 hours per year2018: 52 hours per year2019: 52 hours per year

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 181st of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

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  3. 180 Brunei 52.5 hours per year compare
  4. 181 Palau 52 hours per year compare
  5. 181 San Marino 52 hours per year compare
  6. 184 Estonia 50 hours per year compare

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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 181st out of 187 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

Indicator
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year)
Unit
hours per year
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
189 places, 2,778 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.