Paying taxes: Time in Thailand

Thailand: Paying taxes: Time was 229 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
229 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
71st
of 187 countries
All-time high
264 hours per year
in 2005
All-time low
229 hours per year
in 2018
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Thailand, 2005–2019

01002003002005201220192005: 264 hours per year2006: 264 hours per year2007: 264 hours per year2008: 264 hours per year2009: 264 hours per year2010: 264 hours per year2011: 264 hours per year2012: 264 hours per year2013: 264 hours per year2014: 264 hours per year2015: 264 hours per year2016: 262 hours per year2017: 262 hours per year2018: 229 hours per year2019: 229 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time in Thailand stood at 229 hours per year. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of down 13.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Thailand peaked at 264 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 229 hours per year, in 2018.

Thailand ranks 71st of 187 countries on this measure, 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 264 hours per year 264 hours per year 264 hours per year 5
2010s 256.6 hours per year 229 hours per year 264 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Thailand

  1. 68 Slovenia 233 hours per year compare
  2. 69 Burundi 232 hours per year compare
  3. 70 Czechia 230 hours per year compare
  4. 72 Ghana 226 hours per year compare
  5. 73 Serbia 225.5 hours per year compare
  6. 74 Samoa 224 hours per year compare
  7. 74 Tajikistan 224 hours per year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Thailand?
Paying taxes: time in Thailand was 229 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Thailand?
The highest recorded value was 264 hours per year in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Thailand?
The lowest recorded value was 229 hours per year in 2018.
How does Thailand rank for paying taxes: time?
Thailand ranks 71st out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Thailand?
Over the last ten years it is down 13.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Thailand 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
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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.