Paying taxes: Time in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Paying taxes: Time was 110 hours per year in 2019. ▲ Rising
Paying taxes: Time in Saint Lucia, 2005–2019
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 164th out of 190 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.
Paying taxes: Time in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | hours per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 71 hours per year | — |
| 2006 | 71 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 71 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 61 hours per year | -14.1% |
| 2009 | 92 hours per year | +50.8% |
| 2010 | 92 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 92 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 92 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 96.5 hours per year | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 110 hours per year | +14.0% |
| 2015 | 110 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 110 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 110 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 110 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 110 hours per year | +0.0% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 110 hours per year is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 213 hours per year, 52% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 110 hours per year is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 218 hours per year, 50% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
- 162 Dominica 117 hours per year compare
- 163 United Kingdom 114 hours per year compare
- 165 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 108 hours per year compare
- 166 Australia 105 hours per year compare
- 167 Comoros 100 hours per year compare
More reference data data for Saint Lucia
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0062 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0081 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0143 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (1979)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0143 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0208 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0131 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0405 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0745 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (1979)
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 164th out of 190 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
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.