Paying taxes: Time in Spain

Spain: Paying taxes: Time was 143 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
143 hours per year
Change on year
down 3.1%
World rank
136th
of 187 countries
All-time high
298 hours per year
in 2005
All-time low
143 hours per year
in 2019
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Spain, 2005–2019

01002003002005201220192005: 298 hours per year2006: 298 hours per year2007: 298 hours per year2008: 234 hours per year2009: 213 hours per year2010: 197 hours per year2011: 187 hours per year2012: 167 hours per year2013: 167 hours per year2014: 167 hours per year2015: 158 hours per year2016: 152 hours per year2017: 152 hours per year2018: 147.5 hours per year2019: 143 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time in Spain stood at 143 hours per year. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 32.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Spain peaked at 298 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 143 hours per year, in 2019.

That places Spain 136th out of 187 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 268.2 hours per year 213 hours per year 298 hours per year 5
2010s 163.75 hours per year 143 hours per year 197 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Spain

  1. 133 Costa Rica 151 hours per year compare
  2. 134 Belize 147 hours per year compare
  3. 135 Tunisia 144 hours per year compare
  4. 137 Grenada 140 hours per year compare
  5. 137 Iceland 140 hours per year compare
  6. 137 Mauritius 140 hours per year compare
  7. 137 New Zealand 140 hours per year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Spain?
Paying taxes: time in Spain was 143 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Spain?
The highest recorded value was 298 hours per year in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Spain?
The lowest recorded value was 143 hours per year in 2019.
How does Spain rank for paying taxes: time?
Spain ranks 136th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Spain?
Over the last ten years it is down 32.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Spain 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.