Paying taxes: Time in Iran

Iran: Paying taxes: Time was 216 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
216 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
81st
of 187 countries
All-time high
344 hours per year
in 2005
All-time low
216 hours per year
in 2018
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Iran, 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: 344 hours per year2013: 324 hours per year2014: 324 hours per year2015: 324 hours per year2016: 324 hours per year2017: 324 hours per year2018: 216 hours per year2019: 216 hours per year

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 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 308.4 hours per year 216 hours per year 344 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Iran

  1. 78 Germany 218 hours per year compare
  2. 78 Guinea-Bissau 218 hours per year compare
  3. 78 Puerto Rico 218 hours per year compare
  4. 81 Eritrea 216 hours per year compare
  5. 81 Georgia 216 hours per year compare
  6. 84 South Africa 210 hours per year compare
  7. 84 South Sudan 210 hours per year compare
  8. 84 Trinidad and Tobago 210 hours per year compare

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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 187 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

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.