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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
142nd
of 187 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 142nd of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Countries ranked near Malta

  1. 141 Liberia 139.5 hours per year compare
  2. 142 France 139 hours per year compare
  3. 144 China 138 hours per year compare
  4. 145 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 142nd out of 187 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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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.