Paying taxes: Time in Portugal

Portugal: Paying taxes: Time was 243 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
243 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
61st
of 187 countries
All-time high
328 hours per year
in 2005
All-time low
243 hours per year
in 2016
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Portugal, 2005–2019

01002003002005201220192005: 328 hours per year2006: 328 hours per year2007: 328 hours per year2008: 328 hours per year2009: 328 hours per year2010: 298 hours per year2011: 275 hours per year2012: 275 hours per year2013: 275 hours per year2014: 275 hours per year2015: 275 hours per year2016: 243 hours per year2017: 243 hours per year2018: 243 hours per year2019: 243 hours per year

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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

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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

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.