Paying taxes: Time in Samoa
Samoa: Paying taxes: Time was 224 hours per year in 2019. ▬ Flat
Paying taxes: Time in Samoa, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 224 hours per year for paying taxes: time in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Samoa peaked at 224 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 224 hours per year, in 2005.
That places Samoa 74th out of 190 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Paying taxes: Time in Samoa, year by year
| Year | hours per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 224 hours per year | — |
| 2006 | 224 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 224 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 224 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 224 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 224 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 224 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 224 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 224 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 224 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 224 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 224 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 224 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 224 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 224 hours per year | +0.0% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 224 hours per year is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 213 hours per year, 1.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 224 hours per year is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 169.5 hours per year, 1.3× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 224 hours per year | 224 hours per year | 224 hours per year | 5 |
| 2010s | 224 hours per year | 224 hours per year | 224 hours per year | 10 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
More reference data data for Samoa
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.023 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0165 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0396 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0396 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.077 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0626 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0918 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.2319 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.1693 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is paying taxes: time in Samoa?
- Paying taxes: time in Samoa was 224 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 224 hours per year in 2005.
- What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 224 hours per year in 2005.
- How does Samoa rank for paying taxes: time?
- Samoa ranks 74th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Samoa 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.