Paying taxes: Time in Chile

Chile: Paying taxes: Time was 296 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
296 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
39th
of 190 countries
All-time high
316 hours per year
in 2005
All-time low
291 hours per year
in 2012
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Chile, 2005–2019

01002003002005201220192005: 316 hours per year2006: 316 hours per year2007: 316 hours per year2008: 316 hours per year2009: 316 hours per year2010: 316 hours per year2011: 316 hours per year2012: 291 hours per year2013: 291 hours per year2014: 291 hours per year2015: 291 hours per year2016: 291 hours per year2017: 291 hours per year2018: 296 hours per year2019: 296 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time in Chile stood at 296 hours per year.

The figure is down 6.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Chile peaked at 316 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 291 hours per year, in 2012.

Chile ranks 39th of 190 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Paying taxes: Time in Chile, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) in Chile, 2005 to 2019.
Year hours per year Change
2005 316 hours per year —
2006 316 hours per year +0.0%
2007 316 hours per year +0.0%
2008 316 hours per year +0.0%
2009 316 hours per year +0.0%
2010 316 hours per year +0.0%
2011 316 hours per year +0.0%
2012 291 hours per year -7.9%
2013 291 hours per year +0.0%
2014 291 hours per year +0.0%
2015 291 hours per year +0.0%
2016 291 hours per year +0.0%
2017 291 hours per year +0.0%
2018 296 hours per year +1.7%
2019 296 hours per year +0.0%

Chile compared with similar countries

  • Chile's 296 hours per year is above the median for high income countries, which is 141.5 hours per year, 2.1× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Chile's 296 hours per year is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 218 hours per year, 1.4× the median. (33 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 316 hours per year 316 hours per year 316 hours per year 5
2010s 297 hours per year 291 hours per year 316 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Chile

  1. 36 Namibia 302 hours per year compare
  2. 37 Ethiopia 300 hours per year compare
  3. 37 Montenegro 300 hours per year compare
  4. 40 Angola 287 hours per year compare
  5. 41 Pakistan 283 hours per year compare
  6. 42 Myanmar 282 hours per year compare

See the full ranking of 190 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Chile?
Paying taxes: time in Chile was 296 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Chile?
The highest recorded value was 316 hours per year in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Chile?
The lowest recorded value was 291 hours per year in 2012.
How does Chile rank for paying taxes: time?
Chile ranks 39th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Chile?
Over the last ten years it is down 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Chile 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.