Paying taxes: Time in Guatemala

Guatemala: Paying taxes: Time was 248 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
248 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
58th
of 187 countries
All-time high
344 hours per year
in 2005
All-time low
248 hours per year
in 2017
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Guatemala, 2005–2019

01002003002005201220192005: 344 hours per year2006: 344 hours per year2007: 344 hours per year2008: 344 hours per year2009: 344 hours per year2010: 344 hours per year2011: 344 hours per year2012: 332 hours per year2013: 326 hours per year2014: 256 hours per year2015: 256 hours per year2016: 256 hours per year2017: 248 hours per year2018: 248 hours per year2019: 248 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

Guatemala recorded 248 hours per year for paying taxes: time in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 27.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Guatemala peaked at 344 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 248 hours per year, in 2017.

That places Guatemala 58th 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 344 hours per year 344 hours per year 344 hours per year 5
2010s 285.8 hours per year 248 hours per year 344 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Guatemala

  1. 55 Colombia 255.5 hours per year compare
  2. 56 Albania 252 hours per year compare
  3. 57 India 251.88 hours per year compare
  4. 58 Yemen 248 hours per year compare
  5. 60 Fiji 247 hours per year compare
  6. 61 Portugal 243 hours per year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Guatemala?
Paying taxes: time in Guatemala was 248 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Guatemala?
The highest recorded value was 344 hours per year in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Guatemala?
The lowest recorded value was 248 hours per year in 2017.
How does Guatemala rank for paying taxes: time?
Guatemala ranks 58th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Guatemala?
Over the last ten years it is down 27.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Guatemala 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.