Paying taxes: Time in Peru

Peru: Paying taxes: Time was 260 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
260 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
53rd
of 187 countries
All-time high
424 hours per year
in 2005
All-time low
260 hours per year
in 2015
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Peru, 2005–2019

01002003004002005201220192005: 424 hours per year2006: 424 hours per year2007: 424 hours per year2008: 424 hours per year2009: 380 hours per year2010: 380 hours per year2011: 309 hours per year2012: 293 hours per year2013: 293 hours per year2014: 293 hours per year2015: 260 hours per year2016: 260 hours per year2017: 260 hours per year2018: 260 hours per year2019: 260 hours per year

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 187 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 50 Jamaica 268 hours per year compare
  2. 51 Algeria 265 hours per year compare
  3. 52 Armenia 264 hours per year compare
  4. 54 Guyana 256 hours per year compare
  5. 55 Colombia 255.5 hours per year compare
  6. 56 Albania 252 hours per year compare

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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 187 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

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.