Paying taxes: Time in Colombia
Colombia: Paying taxes: Time was 255.5 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling
Paying taxes: Time in Colombia, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.
Analysis
In 2019, paying taxes: time in Colombia stood at 255.5 hours per year.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 22.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Colombia peaked at 456 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 193 hours per year, in 2011.
Colombia ranks 55th of 190 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Paying taxes: Time in Colombia, year by year
| Year | hours per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 456 hours per year | — |
| 2006 | 456 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 268 hours per year | -41.2% |
| 2008 | 256 hours per year | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 208 hours per year | -18.8% |
| 2010 | 208 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 193 hours per year | -7.2% |
| 2012 | 203 hours per year | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 203 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 239 hours per year | +17.7% |
| 2015 | 239 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 239 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 239 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 255.5 hours per year | +6.9% |
| 2019 | 255.5 hours per year | +0.0% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 255.5 hours per year is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 213 hours per year, 1.2× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 255.5 hours per year is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 218 hours per year, 1.2× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Paying taxes: Time in Colombia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | -41.2% | 456 hours per year | 268 hours per year |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 328.8 hours per year | 208 hours per year | 456 hours per year | 5 |
| 2010s | 227.4 hours per year | 193 hours per year | 255.5 hours per year | 10 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
More reference data data for Colombia
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 2.92 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 11.17 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 19.02 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.4113 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 19.02 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 9.81 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 2.67 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 61.25 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 94.56 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.24 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is paying taxes: time in Colombia?
- Paying taxes: time in Colombia was 255.5 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 456 hours per year in 2005.
- What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 193 hours per year in 2011.
- How does Colombia rank for paying taxes: time?
- Colombia ranks 55th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Colombia 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.