Paying taxes: Time in Jordan

Jordan: Paying taxes: Time was 96.5 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
96.5 hours per year
Change on year
down 23.9%
World rank
167th
of 187 countries
All-time high
145 hours per year
in 2011
All-time low
96.5 hours per year
in 2019
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Jordan, 2005–2019

0501001502005201220192005: 136 hours per year2006: 136 hours per year2007: 136 hours per year2008: 136 hours per year2009: 136 hours per year2010: 136 hours per year2011: 145 hours per year2012: 145 hours per year2013: 145 hours per year2014: 145 hours per year2015: 145 hours per year2016: 145 hours per year2017: 128.5 hours per year2018: 126.8 hours per year2019: 96.5 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes: time in Jordan is 96.5 hours per year, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of down 23.9% on the previous year and down 29.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Jordan peaked at 145 hours per year in 2011 and was at its lowest, 96.5 hours per year, in 2019.

That places Jordan 167th out of 187 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 136 hours per year 136 hours per year 136 hours per year 5
2010s 135.78 hours per year 96.5 hours per year 145 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Jordan

  1. 164 Australia 105 hours per year compare
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  3. 166 Kuwait 98 hours per year compare
  4. 168 Lithuania 95 hours per year compare
  5. 169 Rwanda 90.5 hours per year compare
  6. 170 Finland 90 hours per year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Jordan?
Paying taxes: time in Jordan was 96.5 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Jordan?
The highest recorded value was 145 hours per year in 2011.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Jordan?
The lowest recorded value was 96.5 hours per year in 2019.
How does Jordan rank for paying taxes: time?
Jordan ranks 167th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Jordan?
Over the last ten years it is down 29.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Jordan 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.