Paying taxes: Time in Malta

Malta: Paying taxes: Time was 139 hours per year in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
139 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
144th
of 190 countries
All-time high
139 hours per year
in 2011
All-time low
139 hours per year
in 2011
Years of data
9
2011–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Malta, 2011–2019

0501001502011201520192011: 139 hours per year2012: 139 hours per year2013: 139 hours per year2014: 139 hours per year2015: 139 hours per year2016: 139 hours per year2017: 139 hours per year2018: 139 hours per year2019: 139 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

Malta recorded 139 hours per year for paying taxes: time in 2019. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Malta peaked at 139 hours per year in 2011 and was at its lowest, 139 hours per year, in 2011.

Malta ranks 144th of 190 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Paying taxes: Time in Malta, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) in Malta, 2011 to 2019.
Year hours per year Change
2011 139 hours per year —
2012 139 hours per year +0.0%
2013 139 hours per year +0.0%
2014 139 hours per year +0.0%
2015 139 hours per year +0.0%
2016 139 hours per year +0.0%
2017 139 hours per year +0.0%
2018 139 hours per year +0.0%
2019 139 hours per year +0.0%

Malta compared with similar countries

  • Malta's 139 hours per year is below the median for high income countries, which is 141.5 hours per year, 98% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Malta's 139 hours per year is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 174 hours per year, 80% of the median. (23 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Malta

  1. 143 Liberia 139.5 hours per year compare
  2. 144 France 139 hours per year compare
  3. 146 China 138 hours per year compare
  4. 147 Belgium 136 hours per year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Malta?
Paying taxes: time in Malta was 139 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Malta?
The highest recorded value was 139 hours per year in 2011.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Malta?
The lowest recorded value was 139 hours per year in 2011.
How does Malta rank for paying taxes: time?
Malta ranks 144th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Malta?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Malta 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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Indicator
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year)
Unit
hours per year
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 2,789 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.