Paying taxes: Time in Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Kitts and Nevis: Paying taxes: Time was 203 hours per year in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
203 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
90th
of 190 countries
All-time high
203 hours per year
in 2011
All-time low
154.5 hours per year
in 2009
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Saint Kitts and Nevis, 2005–2019

0501001502002005201220192005: 172 hours per year2006: 172 hours per year2007: 172 hours per year2008: 172 hours per year2009: 154.5 hours per year2010: 155 hours per year2011: 203 hours per year2012: 203 hours per year2013: 203 hours per year2014: 203 hours per year2015: 203 hours per year2016: 203 hours per year2017: 203 hours per year2018: 203 hours per year2019: 203 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes: time in Saint Kitts and Nevis is 203 hours per year, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of up 31.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Saint Kitts and Nevis peaked at 203 hours per year in 2011 and was at its lowest, 154.5 hours per year, in 2009.

Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 90th of 190 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.

Paying taxes: Time in Saint Kitts and Nevis, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) in Saint Kitts and Nevis, 2005 to 2019.
Year hours per year Change
2005 172 hours per year —
2006 172 hours per year +0.0%
2007 172 hours per year +0.0%
2008 172 hours per year +0.0%
2009 154.5 hours per year -10.2%
2010 155 hours per year +0.3%
2011 203 hours per year +31.0%
2012 203 hours per year +0.0%
2013 203 hours per year +0.0%
2014 203 hours per year +0.0%
2015 203 hours per year +0.0%
2016 203 hours per year +0.0%
2017 203 hours per year +0.0%
2018 203 hours per year +0.0%
2019 203 hours per year +0.0%

Saint Kitts and Nevis compared with similar countries

  • Saint Kitts and Nevis's 203 hours per year is above the median for high income countries, which is 141.5 hours per year, 1.4× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis's 203 hours per year is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 218 hours per year, 93% of the median. (33 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 168.5 hours per year 154.5 hours per year 172 hours per year 5
2010s 198.2 hours per year 155 hours per year 203 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Saint Kitts and Nevis

  1. 87 Papua New Guinea 207 hours per year compare
  2. 87 Tanzania 207 hours per year compare
  3. 89 Croatia 206 hours per year compare
  4. 90 Honduras 203 hours per year compare
  5. 92 Nicaragua 201 hours per year compare
  6. 93 Mozambique 200 hours per year compare
  7. 93 Tonga 200 hours per year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
Paying taxes: time in Saint Kitts and Nevis was 203 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
The highest recorded value was 203 hours per year in 2011.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
The lowest recorded value was 154.5 hours per year in 2009.
How does Saint Kitts and Nevis rank for paying taxes: time?
Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 90th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
Over the last ten years it is up 31.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Saint Kitts and Nevis 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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Indicator
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year)
Unit
hours per year
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 2,789 data points, 2005–2019
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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.