Paying taxes: Time in Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia: Paying taxes: Time was 110 hours per year in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
110 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
162nd
of 187 countries
All-time high
110 hours per year
in 2014
All-time low
61 hours per year
in 2008
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Saint Lucia, 2005–2019

02550751002005201220192005: 71 hours per year2006: 71 hours per year2007: 71 hours per year2008: 61 hours per year2009: 92 hours per year2010: 92 hours per year2011: 92 hours per year2012: 92 hours per year2013: 96.5 hours per year2014: 110 hours per year2015: 110 hours per year2016: 110 hours per year2017: 110 hours per year2018: 110 hours per year2019: 110 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

Saint Lucia recorded 110 hours per year for paying taxes: time in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

The figure is up 19.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Saint Lucia peaked at 110 hours per year in 2014 and was at its lowest, 61 hours per year, in 2008.

That places Saint Lucia 162nd out of 187 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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 73.2 hours per year 61 hours per year 92 hours per year 5
2010s 103.25 hours per year 92 hours per year 110 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Saint Lucia

  1. 160 Dominica 117 hours per year compare
  2. 161 United Kingdom 114 hours per year compare
  3. 163 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 108 hours per year compare
  4. 164 Australia 105 hours per year compare
  5. 165 Comoros 100 hours per year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Saint Lucia?
Paying taxes: time in Saint Lucia was 110 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Saint Lucia?
The highest recorded value was 110 hours per year in 2014.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Saint Lucia?
The lowest recorded value was 61 hours per year in 2008.
How does Saint Lucia rank for paying taxes: time?
Saint Lucia ranks 162nd out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
Over the last ten years it is up 19.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Saint Lucia 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.