Paying taxes: Time in Singapore

Singapore: Paying taxes: Time was 64 hours per year in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
64 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
176th
of 187 countries
All-time high
85.5 hours per year
in 2009
All-time low
49 hours per year
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Singapore, 2005–2019

0204060802005201220192005: 49 hours per year2006: 49 hours per year2007: 49 hours per year2008: 84 hours per year2009: 85.5 hours per year2010: 85.5 hours per year2011: 85.5 hours per year2012: 83.5 hours per year2013: 83.5 hours per year2014: 83.5 hours per year2015: 83.5 hours per year2016: 66.5 hours per year2017: 64 hours per year2018: 64 hours per year2019: 64 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes: time in Singapore is 64 hours per year, measured in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 25.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Singapore peaked at 85.5 hours per year in 2009 and was at its lowest, 49 hours per year, in 2005.

Singapore ranks 176th of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 63.3 hours per year 49 hours per year 85.5 hours per year 5
2010s 76.35 hours per year 64 hours per year 85.5 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Singapore

  1. 173 Solomon Islands 80 hours per year compare
  2. 174 Norway 79 hours per year compare
  3. 175 Oman 68 hours per year compare
  4. 177 Switzerland 63 hours per year compare
  5. 178 Marshall Islands 56 hours per year compare
  6. 179 Luxembourg 55 hours per year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Singapore?
Paying taxes: time in Singapore was 64 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Singapore?
The highest recorded value was 85.5 hours per year in 2009.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Singapore?
The lowest recorded value was 49 hours per year in 2005.
How does Singapore rank for paying taxes: time?
Singapore ranks 176th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Singapore?
Over the last ten years it is down 25.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Singapore 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.