Paying taxes: Time in Syria

Syria: Paying taxes: Time was 336 hours per year in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
336 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
28th
of 190 countries
All-time high
336 hours per year
in 2005
All-time low
336 hours per year
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Syria, 2005–2019

01002003002005201220192005: 336 hours per year2006: 336 hours per year2007: 336 hours per year2008: 336 hours per year2009: 336 hours per year2010: 336 hours per year2011: 336 hours per year2012: 336 hours per year2013: 336 hours per year2014: 336 hours per year2015: 336 hours per year2016: 336 hours per year2017: 336 hours per year2018: 336 hours per year2019: 336 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time in Syria stood at 336 hours per year. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Syria peaked at 336 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 336 hours per year, in 2005.

Syria ranks 28th of 190 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Paying taxes: Time in Syria, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) in Syria, 2005 to 2019.
Year hours per year Change
2005 336 hours per year —
2006 336 hours per year +0.0%
2007 336 hours per year +0.0%
2008 336 hours per year +0.0%
2009 336 hours per year +0.0%
2010 336 hours per year +0.0%
2011 336 hours per year +0.0%
2012 336 hours per year +0.0%
2013 336 hours per year +0.0%
2014 336 hours per year +0.0%
2015 336 hours per year +0.0%
2016 336 hours per year +0.0%
2017 336 hours per year +0.0%
2018 336 hours per year +0.0%
2019 336 hours per year +0.0%

Syria compared with similar countries

  • Syria's 336 hours per year is above the median for low income countries, which is 248 hours per year, 1.4× the median. (23 countries reporting)
  • Syria's 336 hours per year is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 174 hours per year, 1.9× the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 336 hours per year 336 hours per year 336 hours per year 5
2010s 336 hours per year 336 hours per year 336 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Syria

  1. 25 Democratic Republic of Congo 346 hours per year compare
  2. 26 Nigeria 343.37 hours per year compare
  3. 27 Sierra Leone 343 hours per year compare
  4. 29 Poland 334 hours per year compare
  5. 30 Ukraine 327.5 hours per year compare
  6. 31 Lesotho 327 hours per year compare

See the full ranking of 190 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Syria?
Paying taxes: time in Syria was 336 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Syria?
The highest recorded value was 336 hours per year in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Syria?
The lowest recorded value was 336 hours per year in 2005.
How does Syria rank for paying taxes: time?
Syria ranks 28th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Syria?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Syria 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.