Time to prepare and pay taxes rose 0% to 391 hours in Maldives in 2019, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, time to prepare and pay taxes in Maldives reached an all time high of 413 hours in 2014 and an all time low of 0 hours in 2005. When compared to Maldives's main peers, time to prepare and pay taxes in India amounted to 252 hours, 191 hours in Indonesia, 64.0 hours in Singapore and 129 hours in Sri Lanka in 2019.
Maldives has been ranked 18th within the group of 171 countries we follow in terms of time to prepare and pay taxes, 148 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Time to Prepare and Pay Taxes | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Australia | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 105 | 105 | 105 | 105 | 105 | ||||||||||
| Bangladesh | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 422 | 422 | 422 | 435 | 435 | ||||||||||
| China | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 318 | 261 | 261 | 259 | 248 | ||||||||||
| India | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 253 | 253 | 253 | 251 | 216 | ||||||||||
| Indonesia | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 259 | 253 | 234 | 221 | 208 | ||||||||||
| Malaysia | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 133 | 133 | 118 | 164 | 188 | ||||||||||
| Maldives | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 413 | 413 | 395 | 406 | 391 | ||||||||||
| Myanmar | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 241 | 241 | 274 | 282 | 282 | |||
| Pakistan | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 307 | 307 | 307 | 312 | 312 | ||||||||||
| Philippines | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 193 | 193 | 191 | 186 | 182 | ||||||||||
| Singapore | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 83.5 | 83.5 | 83.5 | 66.5 | 64.0 | ||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 216 | 173 | 173 | 168 | 162 | ||||||||||
| Thailand | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 264 | 264 | 264 | 262 | 262 |
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