Paying taxes: Time in Uruguay

Uruguay: Paying taxes: Time was 163 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
163 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
123rd
of 187 countries
All-time high
336 hours per year
in 2008
All-time low
163 hours per year
in 2018
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Uruguay, 2005–2019

01002003002005201220192005: 304 hours per year2006: 304 hours per year2007: 304 hours per year2008: 336 hours per year2009: 336 hours per year2010: 336 hours per year2011: 336 hours per year2012: 310 hours per year2013: 310 hours per year2014: 312 hours per year2015: 277 hours per year2016: 271 hours per year2017: 190 hours per year2018: 163 hours per year2019: 163 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes: time in Uruguay is 163 hours per year, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of down 51.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Uruguay peaked at 336 hours per year in 2008 and was at its lowest, 163 hours per year, in 2018.

Uruguay ranks 123rd 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 316.8 hours per year 304 hours per year 336 hours per year 5
2010s 266.8 hours per year 163 hours per year 336 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 120 Latvia 168.5 hours per year compare
  2. 121 El Salvador 168 hours per year compare
  3. 121 Kiribati 168 hours per year compare
  4. 123 Romania 163 hours per year compare
  5. 125 Russia 159 hours per year compare
  6. 125 Azerbaijan 159 hours per year compare
  7. 125 Togo 159 hours per year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Uruguay?
Paying taxes: time in Uruguay was 163 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 336 hours per year in 2008.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 163 hours per year in 2018.
How does Uruguay rank for paying taxes: time?
Uruguay ranks 123rd out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is down 51.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Uruguay 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.