Paying taxes: Time in Panama

Panama: Paying taxes: Time was 408 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
408 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
17th
of 187 countries
All-time high
560 hours per year
in 2005
All-time low
408 hours per year
in 2018
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Panama, 2005–2019

02004006002005201220192005: 560 hours per year2006: 560 hours per year2007: 482 hours per year2008: 482 hours per year2009: 482 hours per year2010: 482 hours per year2011: 482 hours per year2012: 431 hours per year2013: 417 hours per year2014: 417 hours per year2015: 417 hours per year2016: 417 hours per year2017: 417 hours per year2018: 408 hours per year2019: 408 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time in Panama stood at 408 hours per year. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 15.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Panama peaked at 560 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 408 hours per year, in 2018.

That places Panama 17th out of 187 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 513.2 hours per year 482 hours per year 560 hours per year 5
2010s 429.6 hours per year 408 hours per year 482 hours per year 10

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Panama?
Paying taxes: time in Panama was 408 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Panama?
The highest recorded value was 560 hours per year in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Panama?
The lowest recorded value was 408 hours per year in 2018.
How does Panama rank for paying taxes: time?
Panama ranks 17th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Panama?
Over the last ten years it is down 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Panama 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.