Paying taxes: Time in Brunei
Brunei: Paying taxes: Time was 52.5 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling
Paying taxes: Time in Brunei, 2006–2019
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 183rd of 190 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Paying taxes: Time in Brunei, year by year
| Year | hours per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 144 hours per year | — |
| 2007 | 144 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 144 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 144 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 144 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 96 hours per year | -33.3% |
| 2012 | 96 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 96 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 93 hours per year | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 89 hours per year | -4.3% |
| 2016 | 66.5 hours per year | -25.3% |
| 2017 | 64.2 hours per year | -3.5% |
| 2018 | 52.5 hours per year | -18.2% |
| 2019 | 52.5 hours per year | +0.0% |
Brunei compared with similar countries
- Brunei's 52.5 hours per year is below the median for high income countries, which is 141.5 hours per year, 37% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Brunei's 52.5 hours per year is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 169.5 hours per year, 31% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
- 180 Switzerland 63 hours per year compare
- 181 Marshall Islands 56 hours per year compare
- 182 Luxembourg 55 hours per year compare
- 184 Bhutan 52 hours per year compare
- 184 Palau 52 hours per year compare
- 184 San Marino 52 hours per year compare
More reference data data for Brunei
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.6707 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure left on 89.45 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure Management 23.58 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied 63.12 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.5816 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.1318 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2382 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.3375 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.089 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0005 (2050)
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 183rd out of 190 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
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.