Paying taxes: Time in Mexico

Mexico: Paying taxes: Time was 240.5 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
240.5 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
64th
of 187 countries
All-time high
560 hours per year
in 2005
All-time low
240.5 hours per year
in 2015
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Mexico, 2005–2019

02004006002005201220192005: 560 hours per year2006: 560 hours per year2007: 485 hours per year2008: 548.9 hours per year2009: 516.5 hours per year2010: 404 hours per year2011: 341 hours per year2012: 311.5 hours per year2013: 288.5 hours per year2014: 288.5 hours per year2015: 240.5 hours per year2016: 240.5 hours per year2017: 240.5 hours per year2018: 240.5 hours per year2019: 240.5 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time in Mexico stood at 240.5 hours per year. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 53.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Mexico peaked at 560 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 240.5 hours per year, in 2015.

That places Mexico 64th 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 534.07 hours per year 485 hours per year 560 hours per year 5
2010s 283.6 hours per year 240.5 hours per year 404 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Mexico

  1. 61 Portugal 243 hours per year compare
  2. 62 Zimbabwe 242 hours per year compare
  3. 63 Barbados 241 hours per year compare
  4. 65 Italy 238 hours per year compare
  5. 66 Israel 234 hours per year compare
  6. 66 East Timor 234 hours per year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Mexico?
Paying taxes: time in Mexico was 240.5 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Mexico?
The highest recorded value was 560 hours per year in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Mexico?
The lowest recorded value was 240.5 hours per year in 2015.
How does Mexico rank for paying taxes: time?
Mexico ranks 64th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Mexico?
Over the last ten years it is down 53.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Mexico 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.