Paying taxes: Time in Myanmar

Myanmar: Paying taxes: Time was 282 hours per year in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
282 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
42nd
of 190 countries
All-time high
282 hours per year
in 2016
All-time low
240.5 hours per year
in 2012
Years of data
8
2012–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Myanmar, 2012–2019

01002003002012201520192012: 240.5 hours per year2013: 240.5 hours per year2014: 240.5 hours per year2015: 274 hours per year2016: 282 hours per year2017: 282 hours per year2018: 282 hours per year2019: 282 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time in Myanmar stood at 282 hours per year. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.

That represents a change of up 17.3% over ten years.

That places Myanmar 42nd out of 190 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

Paying taxes: Time in Myanmar, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) in Myanmar, 2012 to 2019.
Year hours per year Change
2012 240.5 hours per year —
2013 240.5 hours per year +0.0%
2014 240.5 hours per year +0.0%
2015 274 hours per year +13.9%
2016 282 hours per year +2.9%
2017 282 hours per year +0.0%
2018 282 hours per year +0.0%
2019 282 hours per year +0.0%

Myanmar compared with similar countries

  • Myanmar's 282 hours per year is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 224 hours per year, 1.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Myanmar's 282 hours per year is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 169.5 hours per year, 1.7× the median. (28 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Myanmar

  1. 39 Chile 296 hours per year compare
  2. 40 Angola 287 hours per year compare
  3. 41 Pakistan 283 hours per year compare
  4. 43 Hungary 277 hours per year compare
  5. 44 Mali 276 hours per year compare
  6. 45 Afghanistan 270 hours per year compare
  7. 45 Benin 270 hours per year compare
  8. 45 Burkina Faso 270 hours per year compare
  9. 45 Mauritania 270 hours per year compare
  10. 45 Niger 270 hours per year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Myanmar?
Paying taxes: time in Myanmar was 282 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Myanmar?
The highest recorded value was 282 hours per year in 2016.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Myanmar?
The lowest recorded value was 240.5 hours per year in 2012.
How does Myanmar rank for paying taxes: time?
Myanmar ranks 42nd out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Myanmar?
Over the last ten years it is up 17.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Myanmar 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.