Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) in Iran
Iran: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) was 216 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling
Paying taxes: Time in Iran, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.
Analysis
Iran recorded 216 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 37.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Iran peaked at 344 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 216 hours per year, in 2018.
That places Iran 81st 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 (hours per year) in Iran, year by year
| Year | hours per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 344 hours per year | — |
| 2006 | 344 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 344 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 344 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 344 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 344 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 344 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 344 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 324 hours per year | -5.8% |
| 2014 | 324 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 324 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 324 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 324 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 216 hours per year | -33.3% |
| 2019 | 216 hours per year | +0.0% |
Iran compared with similar countries
- Iran's 216 hours per year is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 213 hours per year, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Iran's 216 hours per year is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 174 hours per year, 1.2× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 344 hours per year | 344 hours per year | 344 hours per year | 5 |
| 2010s | 308.4 hours per year | 216 hours per year | 344 hours per year | 10 |
Countries ranked near Iran
- 78 Germany 218 hours per year compare
- 78 Guinea-Bissau 218 hours per year compare
- 78 Puerto Rico 218 hours per year compare
- 81 Eritrea 216 hours per year compare
- 81 Georgia 216 hours per year compare
- 84 South Africa 210 hours per year compare
- 84 South Sudan 210 hours per year compare
- 84 Trinidad and Tobago 210 hours per year compare
More reference data data for Iran
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 26.62 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 5.96 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Burning - Crop residues 281.19 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 78.8 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Agricultural Soils 27,934 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 8.15 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 78.8 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Manure Management 95.57 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0.2091 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 11.62 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is paying taxes: time in Iran?
- Paying taxes: time in Iran was 216 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Iran?
- The highest recorded value was 344 hours per year in 2005.
- What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Iran?
- The lowest recorded value was 216 hours per year in 2018.
- How does Iran rank for paying taxes: time?
- Iran ranks 81st out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Iran?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iran 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.