Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) was 218 hours per year in 2019. ▲ Rising
Paying taxes: Time in Puerto Rico, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.
Analysis
In 2019, paying taxes: time in Puerto Rico stood at 218 hours per year. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Puerto Rico peaked at 218 hours per year in 2008 and was at its lowest, 140 hours per year, in 2005.
Puerto Rico ranks 78th of 190 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | hours per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 140 hours per year | — |
| 2006 | 140 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 140 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 218 hours per year | +55.7% |
| 2009 | 218 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 218 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 218 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 218 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 218 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 218 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 218 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 218 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 218 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 218 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 218 hours per year | +0.0% |
Puerto Rico compared with similar countries
- Puerto Rico's 218 hours per year is above the median for high income countries, which is 141.5 hours per year, 1.5× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Puerto Rico's 218 hours per year is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 218 hours per year, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 171.2 hours per year | 140 hours per year | 218 hours per year | 5 |
| 2010s | 218 hours per year | 218 hours per year | 218 hours per year | 10 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
More reference data data for Puerto Rico
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0002 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied 70.31 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure Management 20.49 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure left on 256.37 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 1,009 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Manure Management 34.71 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0791 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Burning - Crop residues 0.0011 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.2501 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Manure applied to Soils 70.31 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is paying taxes: time in Puerto Rico?
- Paying taxes: time in Puerto Rico was 218 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 218 hours per year in 2008.
- What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 140 hours per year in 2005.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for paying taxes: time?
- Puerto Rico ranks 78th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.