Paying taxes: Time in Tonga
Tonga: Paying taxes: Time was 200 hours per year in 2019. ▲ Rising
Paying taxes: Time in Tonga, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.
Analysis
The most recent figure for paying taxes: time in Tonga is 200 hours per year, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 22.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Tonga peaked at 200 hours per year in 2014 and was at its lowest, 164 hours per year, in 2005.
Tonga ranks 93rd of 190 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Paying taxes: Time in Tonga, year by year
| Year | hours per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 164 hours per year | — |
| 2006 | 164 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 164 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 164 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 164 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 164 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 164 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 164 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 182 hours per year | +11.0% |
| 2014 | 200 hours per year | +9.9% |
| 2015 | 200 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 200 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 200 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 200 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 200 hours per year | +0.0% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 200 hours per year is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 213 hours per year, 94% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 200 hours per year is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 169.5 hours per year, 1.2× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 164 hours per year | 164 hours per year | 164 hours per year | 5 |
| 2010s | 187.4 hours per year | 164 hours per year | 200 hours per year | 10 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
More reference data data for Tonga
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0105 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0092 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0197 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0197 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0353 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0269 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0446 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.1068 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0799 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied 9.35 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is paying taxes: time in Tonga?
- Paying taxes: time in Tonga was 200 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 200 hours per year in 2014.
- What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 164 hours per year in 2005.
- How does Tonga rank for paying taxes: time?
- Tonga ranks 93rd out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tonga 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.