Paying taxes: Time in Bolivia

Bolivia: Paying taxes: Time was 1,025 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
1,025 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
2nd
of 190 countries
All-time high
1,080 hours per year
in 2005
All-time low
1,025 hours per year
in 2012
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Bolivia, 2005–2019

02505007501.0k2005201220192005: 1.1k hours per year2006: 1.1k hours per year2007: 1.1k hours per year2008: 1.1k hours per year2009: 1.1k hours per year2010: 1.1k hours per year2011: 1.1k hours per year2012: 1.0k hours per year2013: 1.0k hours per year2014: 1.0k hours per year2015: 1.0k hours per year2016: 1.0k hours per year2017: 1.0k hours per year2018: 1.0k hours per year2019: 1.0k hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

Bolivia recorded 1,025 hours per year for paying taxes: time in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Bolivia peaked at 1,080 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 1,025 hours per year, in 2012.

Bolivia ranks 2nd of 190 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

Paying taxes: Time in Bolivia, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) in Bolivia, 2005 to 2019.
Year hours per year Change
2005 1,080 hours per year —
2006 1,080 hours per year +0.0%
2007 1,080 hours per year +0.0%
2008 1,080 hours per year +0.0%
2009 1,080 hours per year +0.0%
2010 1,080 hours per year +0.0%
2011 1,080 hours per year +0.0%
2012 1,025 hours per year -5.1%
2013 1,025 hours per year +0.0%
2014 1,025 hours per year +0.0%
2015 1,025 hours per year +0.0%
2016 1,025 hours per year +0.0%
2017 1,025 hours per year +0.0%
2018 1,025 hours per year +0.0%
2019 1,025 hours per year +0.0%

Bolivia compared with similar countries

  • Bolivia's 1,025 hours per year is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 224 hours per year, 4.6× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Bolivia's 1,025 hours per year is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 218 hours per year, 4.7× the median. (33 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 1,080 hours per year 1,080 hours per year 1,080 hours per year 5
2010s 1,036 hours per year 1,025 hours per year 1,080 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Bolivia

  1. 1 Brazil 1,501 hours per year compare
  2. 3 Venezuela 920 hours per year compare
  3. 4 Libya 889 hours per year compare
  4. 5 Chad 834 hours per year compare

See the full ranking of 190 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Bolivia?
Paying taxes: time in Bolivia was 1,025 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Bolivia?
The highest recorded value was 1,080 hours per year in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Bolivia?
The lowest recorded value was 1,025 hours per year in 2012.
How does Bolivia rank for paying taxes: time?
Bolivia ranks 2nd out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Bolivia?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Bolivia 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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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
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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.