Paying taxes: Time in East Timor

East Timor: Paying taxes: Time was 234 hours per year in 2019. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2019)
234 hours per year
Change on year
up 50.0%
World rank
66th
of 187 countries
All-time high
640 hours per year
in 2005
All-time low
156 hours per year
in 2010
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in East Timor, 2005–2019

2003004005006002005201220192005: 640 hours per year2006: 640 hours per year2007: 640 hours per year2008: 640 hours per year2009: 216 hours per year2010: 156 hours per year2011: 156 hours per year2012: 156 hours per year2013: 156 hours per year2014: 156 hours per year2015: 156 hours per year2016: 156 hours per year2017: 156 hours per year2018: 156 hours per year2019: 234 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

East Timor recorded 234 hours per year for paying taxes: time in 2019.

That represents a change of up 50.0% on the previous year and up 8.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in East Timor peaked at 640 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 156 hours per year, in 2010.

That places East Timor 66th out of 187 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 555.2 hours per year 216 hours per year 640 hours per year 5
2010s 163.8 hours per year 156 hours per year 234 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near East Timor

  1. 63 Barbados 241 hours per year compare
  2. 64 Mexico 240.5 hours per year compare
  3. 65 Italy 238 hours per year compare
  4. 66 Israel 234 hours per year compare
  5. 68 Slovenia 233 hours per year compare
  6. 69 Burundi 232 hours per year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in East Timor?
Paying taxes: time in East Timor was 234 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in East Timor?
The highest recorded value was 640 hours per year in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in East Timor?
The lowest recorded value was 156 hours per year in 2010.
How does East Timor rank for paying taxes: time?
East Timor ranks 66th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in East Timor?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this East Timor 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.