Paying taxes: Time in Portugal
Portugal: Paying taxes: Time was 243 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling
Paying taxes: Time in Portugal, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 243 hours per year for paying taxes: time in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is down 25.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Portugal peaked at 328 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 243 hours per year, in 2016.
Portugal ranks 61st 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 328 hours per year | 328 hours per year | 328 hours per year | 5 |
| 2010s | 264.5 hours per year | 243 hours per year | 298 hours per year | 10 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More reference data data for Portugal
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.5144 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.4372 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.51 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0472 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.51 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.72 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.02 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.81 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 6.9 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.2572 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is paying taxes: time in Portugal?
- Paying taxes: time in Portugal was 243 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 328 hours per year in 2005.
- What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 243 hours per year in 2016.
- How does Portugal rank for paying taxes: time?
- Portugal ranks 61st out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Portugal 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.