Paying taxes: Time in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico: Paying taxes: Time was 218 hours per year in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
218 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
78th
of 187 countries
All-time high
218 hours per year
in 2008
All-time low
140 hours per year
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Puerto Rico, 2005–2019

0501001502002005201220192005: 140 hours per year2006: 140 hours per year2007: 140 hours per year2008: 218 hours per year2009: 218 hours per year2010: 218 hours per year2011: 218 hours per year2012: 218 hours per year2013: 218 hours per year2014: 218 hours per year2015: 218 hours per year2016: 218 hours per year2017: 218 hours per year2018: 218 hours per year2019: 218 hours per year

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 187 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 76 Taiwan 221 hours per year compare
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  3. 78 Germany 218 hours per year compare
  4. 78 Guinea-Bissau 218 hours per year compare
  5. 81 Eritrea 216 hours per year compare
  6. 81 Georgia 216 hours per year compare
  7. 81 Iran 216 hours per year compare

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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 187 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

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.