Paying taxes: Time in Qatar

Qatar: Paying taxes: Time was 41 hours per year in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
41 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
185th
of 187 countries
All-time high
48 hours per year
in 2012
All-time low
36 hours per year
in 2007
Years of data
13
2007–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Qatar, 2007–2019

010203040502007201320192007: 36 hours per year2008: 36 hours per year2009: 36 hours per year2010: 36 hours per year2011: 36 hours per year2012: 48 hours per year2013: 41 hours per year2014: 41 hours per year2015: 41 hours per year2016: 41 hours per year2017: 41 hours per year2018: 41 hours per year2019: 41 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time in Qatar stood at 41 hours per year.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Qatar peaked at 48 hours per year in 2012 and was at its lowest, 36 hours per year, in 2007.

That places Qatar 185th out of 187 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 36 hours per year 36 hours per year 36 hours per year 3
2010s 40.7 hours per year 36 hours per year 48 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Qatar

  1. 184 Estonia 50 hours per year compare
  2. 186 Hong Kong 34.5 hours per year compare
  3. 187 Bahrain 22.5 hours per year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Qatar?
Paying taxes: time in Qatar was 41 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Qatar?
The highest recorded value was 48 hours per year in 2012.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Qatar?
The lowest recorded value was 36 hours per year in 2007.
How does Qatar rank for paying taxes: time?
Qatar ranks 185th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Qatar?
Over the last ten years it is up 13.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Qatar 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.