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Paying taxes: Time in Brunei

Brunei: Paying taxes: Time was 52.5 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
52.5 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
180th
of 187 countries
All-time high
144 hours per year
in 2006
All-time low
52.5 hours per year
in 2018
Years of data
14
2006–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Brunei, 2006–2019

0501001502006201220192006: 144 hours per year2007: 144 hours per year2008: 144 hours per year2009: 144 hours per year2010: 144 hours per year2011: 96 hours per year2012: 96 hours per year2013: 96 hours per year2014: 93 hours per year2015: 89 hours per year2016: 66.5 hours per year2017: 64.2 hours per year2018: 52.5 hours per year2019: 52.5 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

Brunei recorded 52.5 hours per year for paying taxes: time in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.

The figure is down 63.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Brunei peaked at 144 hours per year in 2006 and was at its lowest, 52.5 hours per year, in 2018.

Brunei ranks 180th of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 144 hours per year 144 hours per year 144 hours per year 4
2010s 84.97 hours per year 52.5 hours per year 144 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Brunei

  1. 177 Switzerland 63 hours per year compare
  2. 178 Marshall Islands 56 hours per year compare
  3. 179 Luxembourg 55 hours per year compare
  4. 181 Bhutan 52 hours per year compare
  5. 181 Palau 52 hours per year compare
  6. 181 San Marino 52 hours per year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Brunei?
Paying taxes: time in Brunei was 52.5 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Brunei?
The highest recorded value was 144 hours per year in 2006.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Brunei?
The lowest recorded value was 52.5 hours per year in 2018.
How does Brunei rank for paying taxes: time?
Brunei ranks 180th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Brunei?
Over the last ten years it is down 63.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Brunei 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.