Paying taxes: Time in Peru
Peru: Paying taxes: Time was 260 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling
Paying taxes: Time in Peru, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.
Analysis
The most recent figure for paying taxes: time in Peru is 260 hours per year, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 31.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Peru peaked at 424 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 260 hours per year, in 2015.
Peru ranks 53rd of 190 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Paying taxes: Time in Peru, year by year
| Year | hours per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 424 hours per year | — |
| 2006 | 424 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 424 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 424 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 380 hours per year | -10.4% |
| 2010 | 380 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 309 hours per year | -18.7% |
| 2012 | 293 hours per year | -5.2% |
| 2013 | 293 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 293 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 260 hours per year | -11.3% |
| 2016 | 260 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 260 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 260 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 260 hours per year | +0.0% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 260 hours per year is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 213 hours per year, 1.2× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Peru's 260 hours per year is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 218 hours per year, 1.2× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 415.2 hours per year | 380 hours per year | 424 hours per year | 5 |
| 2010s | 286.8 hours per year | 260 hours per year | 380 hours per year | 10 |
Countries ranked near Peru
More reference data data for Peru
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.15 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 4.39 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 7.94 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.3808 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 7.94 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 3.84 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.94 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 18.98 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 35.25 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.07 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is paying taxes: time in Peru?
- Paying taxes: time in Peru was 260 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 424 hours per year in 2005.
- What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 260 hours per year in 2015.
- How does Peru rank for paying taxes: time?
- Peru ranks 53rd out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Peru 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
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.