Paying taxes: Time in El Salvador

El Salvador: Paying taxes: Time was 168 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
168 hours per year
Change on year
down 6.7%
World rank
121st
of 187 countries
All-time high
320 hours per year
in 2005
All-time low
168 hours per year
in 2019
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in El Salvador, 2005–2019

01002003002005201220192005: 320 hours per year2006: 320 hours per year2007: 320 hours per year2008: 320 hours per year2009: 320 hours per year2010: 320 hours per year2011: 320 hours per year2012: 320 hours per year2013: 320 hours per year2014: 320 hours per year2015: 312 hours per year2016: 248 hours per year2017: 180 hours per year2018: 180 hours per year2019: 168 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

El Salvador recorded 168 hours per year for paying taxes: time in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of down 6.7% on the previous year and down 47.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in El Salvador peaked at 320 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 168 hours per year, in 2019.

That places El Salvador 121st out of 187 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 320 hours per year 320 hours per year 320 hours per year 5
2010s 268.8 hours per year 168 hours per year 320 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near El Salvador

  1. 119 Malawi 169 hours per year compare
  2. 120 Latvia 168.5 hours per year compare
  3. 121 Kiribati 168 hours per year compare
  4. 123 Romania 163 hours per year compare
  5. 123 Uruguay 163 hours per year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in El Salvador?
Paying taxes: time in El Salvador was 168 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 320 hours per year in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 168 hours per year in 2019.
How does El Salvador rank for paying taxes: time?
El Salvador ranks 121st out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is down 47.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this El Salvador 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
Last refreshed

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.