Paying taxes: Time in Uruguay
Uruguay: Paying taxes: Time was 163 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling
Paying taxes: Time in Uruguay, 2005–2019
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 190 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.
Paying taxes: Time in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | hours per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 304 hours per year | — |
| 2006 | 304 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 304 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 336 hours per year | +10.5% |
| 2009 | 336 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 336 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 336 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 310 hours per year | -7.7% |
| 2013 | 310 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 312 hours per year | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 277 hours per year | -11.2% |
| 2016 | 271 hours per year | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 190 hours per year | -29.9% |
| 2018 | 163 hours per year | -14.2% |
| 2019 | 163 hours per year | +0.0% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 163 hours per year is above the median for high income countries, which is 141.5 hours per year, 1.2× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 163 hours per year is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 218 hours per year, 75% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Paying taxes: Time in Uruguay changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | -29.9% | 271 hours per year | 190 hours per year |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
More reference data data for Uruguay
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2999 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 4.87 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 6.98 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.3685 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 6.98 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.01 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.2195 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 24.48 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 33.62 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.01 (2050)
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 190 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
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.