Paying taxes: Time in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Paying taxes: Time was 151 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling
Paying taxes: Time in Costa Rica, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.
Analysis
The most recent figure for paying taxes: time in Costa Rica is 151 hours per year, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of down 46.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Costa Rica peaked at 402 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 151 hours per year, in 2015.
That places Costa Rica 135th out of 190 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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 Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | hours per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 402 hours per year | — |
| 2006 | 402 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 402 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 282 hours per year | -29.9% |
| 2009 | 282 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 272 hours per year | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 246 hours per year | -9.6% |
| 2012 | 226 hours per year | -8.1% |
| 2013 | 226 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 163 hours per year | -27.9% |
| 2015 | 151 hours per year | -7.4% |
| 2016 | 151 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 151 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 151 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 151 hours per year | +0.0% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 151 hours per year is above the median for high income countries, which is 141.5 hours per year, 1.1× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 151 hours per year is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 218 hours per year, 69% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 354 hours per year | 282 hours per year | 402 hours per year | 5 |
| 2010s | 188.8 hours per year | 151 hours per year | 272 hours per year | 10 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More reference data data for Costa Rica
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2987 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.406 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.27 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0167 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.27 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.3161 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 2.24 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 5.91 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0907 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is paying taxes: time in Costa Rica?
- Paying taxes: time in Costa Rica was 151 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 402 hours per year in 2005.
- What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 151 hours per year in 2015.
- How does Costa Rica rank for paying taxes: time?
- Costa Rica ranks 135th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Costa Rica 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.