Paying taxes: Time in Lithuania

Lithuania: Paying taxes: Time was 95 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
95 hours per year
Change on year
down 4.0%
World rank
168th
of 187 countries
All-time high
175 hours per year
in 2010
All-time low
95 hours per year
in 2019
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Lithuania, 2005–2019

0501001502002005201220192005: 166 hours per year2006: 166 hours per year2007: 166 hours per year2008: 166 hours per year2009: 166 hours per year2010: 175 hours per year2011: 175 hours per year2012: 175 hours per year2013: 175 hours per year2014: 171 hours per year2015: 171 hours per year2016: 171 hours per year2017: 109.2 hours per year2018: 99 hours per year2019: 95 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

Lithuania recorded 95 hours per year for paying taxes: time in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

The figure is down 4.0% on the previous year and down 42.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Lithuania peaked at 175 hours per year in 2010 and was at its lowest, 95 hours per year, in 2019.

That places Lithuania 168th 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 166 hours per year 166 hours per year 166 hours per year 5
2010s 151.62 hours per year 95 hours per year 175 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Lithuania

  1. 165 Comoros 100 hours per year compare
  2. 166 Kuwait 98 hours per year compare
  3. 167 Jordan 96.5 hours per year compare
  4. 169 Rwanda 90.5 hours per year compare
  5. 170 Finland 90 hours per year compare
  6. 171 Seychelles 85 hours per year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Lithuania?
Paying taxes: time in Lithuania was 95 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Lithuania?
The highest recorded value was 175 hours per year in 2010.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Lithuania?
The lowest recorded value was 95 hours per year in 2019.
How does Lithuania rank for paying taxes: time?
Lithuania ranks 168th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Lithuania?
Over the last ten years it is down 42.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Lithuania 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
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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.