Paying taxes: Time in Tunisia

Tunisia: Paying taxes: Time was 144 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
144 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
135th
of 187 countries
All-time high
272 hours per year
in 2005
All-time low
144 hours per year
in 2010
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Tunisia, 2005–2019

01002003002005201220192005: 272 hours per year2006: 272 hours per year2007: 268 hours per year2008: 228 hours per year2009: 228 hours per year2010: 144 hours per year2011: 144 hours per year2012: 144 hours per year2013: 144 hours per year2014: 144 hours per year2015: 144 hours per year2016: 144 hours per year2017: 145 hours per year2018: 144 hours per year2019: 144 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes: time in Tunisia is 144 hours per year, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

The figure is down 36.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Tunisia peaked at 272 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 144 hours per year, in 2010.

Tunisia ranks 135th 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 253.6 hours per year 228 hours per year 272 hours per year 5
2010s 144.1 hours per year 144 hours per year 145 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Tunisia

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  4. 136 Spain 143 hours per year compare
  5. 137 Grenada 140 hours per year compare
  6. 137 Iceland 140 hours per year compare
  7. 137 Mauritius 140 hours per year compare
  8. 137 New Zealand 140 hours per year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Tunisia?
Paying taxes: time in Tunisia was 144 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Tunisia?
The highest recorded value was 272 hours per year in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Tunisia?
The lowest recorded value was 144 hours per year in 2010.
How does Tunisia rank for paying taxes: time?
Tunisia ranks 135th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Tunisia?
Over the last ten years it is down 36.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Tunisia 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.