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Paying taxes: Time in Tonga

Tonga: Paying taxes: Time was 200 hours per year in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
200 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
93rd
of 187 countries
All-time high
200 hours per year
in 2014
All-time low
164 hours per year
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Tonga, 2005–2019

0501001502002005201220192005: 164 hours per year2006: 164 hours per year2007: 164 hours per year2008: 164 hours per year2009: 164 hours per year2010: 164 hours per year2011: 164 hours per year2012: 164 hours per year2013: 182 hours per year2014: 200 hours per year2015: 200 hours per year2016: 200 hours per year2017: 200 hours per year2018: 200 hours per year2019: 200 hours per year

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 187 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 90 Honduras 203 hours per year compare
  2. 90 Saint Kitts and Nevis 203 hours per year compare
  3. 92 Nicaragua 201 hours per year compare
  4. 93 Mozambique 200 hours per year compare
  5. 95 Suriname 199 hours per year compare
  6. 96 Uganda 195 hours per year compare

See the full ranking of 189 places →

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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 187 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

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.