Paying taxes: Time in Brazil

Brazil: Paying taxes: Time was 1,501 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
1,501 hours per year
Change on year
down 23.3%
World rank
1st
of 187 countries
All-time high
2,600 hours per year
in 2005
All-time low
1,501 hours per year
in 2019
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Brazil, 2005–2019

01.0k2.0k3.0k2005201220192005: 2.6k hours per year2006: 2.6k hours per year2007: 2.6k hours per year2008: 2.6k hours per year2009: 2.6k hours per year2010: 2.6k hours per year2011: 2.6k hours per year2012: 2.6k hours per year2013: 2.6k hours per year2014: 2.6k hours per year2015: 2.6k hours per year2016: 2.0k hours per year2017: 2.0k hours per year2018: 2.0k hours per year2019: 1.5k hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time in Brazil stood at 1,501 hours per year. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 23.3% on the previous year and down 42.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Brazil peaked at 2,600 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 1,501 hours per year, in 2019.

That places Brazil 1st out of 187 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 2,600 hours per year 2,600 hours per year 2,600 hours per year 5
2010s 2,306 hours per year 1,501 hours per year 2,600 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 2 Bolivia 1,025 hours per year compare
  2. 3 Venezuela 920 hours per year compare
  3. 4 Libya 889 hours per year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Brazil?
Paying taxes: time in Brazil was 1,501 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 2,600 hours per year in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 1,501 hours per year in 2019.
How does Brazil rank for paying taxes: time?
Brazil ranks 1st out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is down 42.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Brazil 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
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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.