Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score by country
The score for time to comply with tax laws benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.
Countries reporting
185
Highest
100
Bahrain
Lowest
4.95
Ecuador
Median
77.9
Years covered
15
2005–2019
Data points
2,794
What the numbers show
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 100 in Bahrain; the lowest is 4.95 in Ecuador.
The median across all reporting countries is 77.9, and the mean is 74.72.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 20.
Over the past decade 104 countries rose and 44 fell. The largest increase was in Senegal (up 833.3%), and the largest decrease in Gabon (down 69.2%).
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 100 | 2019 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 1 | Qatar | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Estonia | 99.85 | 2019 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 5 | Bhutan | 99.54 | 2019 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 5 | Palau | 99.54 | 2019 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 5 | San Marino | 99.54 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 8 | Brunei | 99.46 | 2019 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 9 | Luxembourg | 99.07 | 2019 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 10 | Marshall Islands | 98.92 | 2019 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 11 | Switzerland | 97.84 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 12 | Singapore | 97.68 | 2019 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 13 | Oman | 97.06 | 2019 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 14 | Djibouti | 95.83 | 2019 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 15 | Norway | 95.36 | 2019 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 16 | Solomon Islands | 95.21 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 17 | Ireland | 94.98 | 2019 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 18 | Seychelles | 94.44 | 2019 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 19 | Finland | 93.66 | 2019 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 20 | Rwanda | 93.59 | 2019 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 21 | Lithuania | 92.89 | 2019 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 22 | Jordan | 92.66 | 2019 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 23 | Kuwait | 92.43 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Comoros | 92.12 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 25 | Australia | 91.34 | 2019 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 26 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 90.88 | 2019 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 27 | Saint Lucia | 90.57 | 2019 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 28 | United Kingdom | 89.95 | 2019 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 29 | Dominica | 89.49 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | North Macedonia | 89.18 | 2019 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 30 | Netherlands | 89.18 | 2019 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 32 | Cyprus | 89.1 | 2019 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 33 | Botswana | 89.03 | 2019 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 33 | Vanuatu | 89.03 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Sweden | 88.72 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Eswatini | 88.72 | 2019 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 37 | Micronesia (country) | 87.79 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 38 | Japan | 87.71 | 2019 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 39 | Sri Lanka | 87.64 | 2019 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 40 | Austria | 87.33 | 2019 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 40 | Canada | 87.33 | 2019 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 42 | Denmark | 87.17 | 2019 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 43 | Mongolia | 86.86 | 2019 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 44 | Belgium | 86.55 | 2019 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 45 | China | 86.24 | 2019 | up 140.4% | volatile |
| 46 | France | 86.09 | 2019 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 46 | Malta | 86.09 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 48 | Liberia | 86.01 | 2019 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 49 | Grenada | 85.94 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 49 | Iceland | 85.94 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 49 | Mauritius | 85.94 | 2019 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 49 | New Zealand | 85.94 | 2019 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 53 | Spain | 85.47 | 2019 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 54 | Tunisia | 85.32 | 2019 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 55 | Belize | 84.85 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 56 | Costa Rica | 84.23 | 2019 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 57 | Saudi Arabia | 84.08 | 2019 | down 11.8% | flat |
| 58 | Kosovo | 83.85 | 2019 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 58 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 83.85 | 2019 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 60 | Bahamas | 83.62 | 2019 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 60 | Morocco | 83.62 | 2019 | up 60.1% | rising |
| 62 | United Arab Emirates | 83.15 | 2019 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 62 | Zambia | 83.15 | 2019 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 64 | Azerbaijan | 83 | 2019 | up 67.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Russia | 83 | 2019 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 64 | Togo | 83 | 2019 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 67 | Romania | 82.38 | 2019 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 67 | Uruguay | 82.38 | 2019 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 69 | Kiribati | 81.61 | 2019 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 69 | El Salvador | 81.61 | 2019 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 71 | Latvia | 81.53 | 2019 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 72 | Malawi | 81.45 | 2019 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 73 | Belarus | 81.3 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Turkey | 81.3 | 2019 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 75 | Philippines | 81.14 | 2019 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 76 | Cambodia | 80.83 | 2019 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 77 | South Korea | 80.68 | 2019 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 77 | Malaysia | 80.68 | 2019 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 77 | Palestine | 80.68 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 80 | United States | 80.53 | 2019 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 81 | Antigua and Barbuda | 80.22 | 2019 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 82 | Kenya | 79.83 | 2019 | up 93.4% | rising |
| 83 | Cape Verde | 79.75 | 2019 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 83 | Sudan | 79.75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 85 | Lebanon | 79.6 | 2019 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 85 | Uzbekistan | 79.6 | 2019 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 87 | Moldova | 79.29 | 2019 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 87 | Madagascar | 79.29 | 2019 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 89 | Haiti | 79.13 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 90 | Kazakhstan | 78.83 | 2019 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 91 | Cote d'Ivoire | 78.67 | 2019 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 92 | Indonesia | 78.05 | 2019 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 93 | Slovakia | 77.9 | 2019 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 94 | Greece | 77.74 | 2019 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 95 | Uganda | 77.43 | 2019 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 96 | Suriname | 76.82 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 97 | Mozambique | 76.66 | 2019 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 97 | Tonga | 76.66 | 2019 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 99 | Nicaragua | 76.51 | 2019 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 100 | Honduras | 76.2 | 2019 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 100 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 76.2 | 2019 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 102 | Croatia | 75.73 | 2019 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 103 | Papua New Guinea | 75.58 | 2019 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 103 | Tanzania | 75.58 | 2019 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 105 | South Sudan | 75.12 | 2019 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 105 | Trinidad and Tobago | 75.12 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 105 | South Africa | 75.12 | 2019 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 108 | Eritrea | 74.19 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 108 | Georgia | 74.19 | 2019 | up 55.3% | rising |
| 108 | Iran | 74.19 | 2019 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 111 | Germany | 73.88 | 2019 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 111 | Guinea-Bissau | 73.88 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 111 | Puerto Rico | 73.88 | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 114 | Kyrgyzstan | 73.57 | 2019 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 115 | Taiwan | 73.42 | 2019 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 116 | Tajikistan | 72.95 | 2019 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 116 | Samoa | 72.95 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 118 | Serbia | 72.72 | 2019 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 119 | Ghana | 72.64 | 2019 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 120 | Thailand | 72.18 | 2019 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 121 | Czechia | 72.02 | 2019 | up 83.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Burundi | 71.72 | 2019 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 123 | Slovenia | 71.56 | 2019 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 124 | Israel | 71.41 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 124 | East Timor | 71.41 | 2019 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Italy | 70.79 | 2019 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 127 | Mexico | 70.4 | 2019 | up 153.8% | rising |
| 128 | Barbados | 70.32 | 2019 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 129 | Zimbabwe | 70.17 | 2019 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 130 | Portugal | 70.02 | 2019 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 131 | Fiji | 69.4 | 2019 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 132 | Guatemala | 69.24 | 2019 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 132 | Yemen | 69.24 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 134 | India | 68.64 | 2019 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 135 | Albania | 68.62 | 2019 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 136 | Colombia | 68.08 | 2019 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 137 | Guyana | 68.01 | 2019 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 138 | Peru | 67.39 | 2019 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 139 | Armenia | 66.77 | 2019 | up 266.1% | rising |
| 140 | Algeria | 66.62 | 2019 | up 75.9% | rising |
| 141 | Jamaica | 66.15 | 2019 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 142 | Afghanistan | 65.84 | 2019 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 142 | Benin | 65.84 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 142 | Burkina Faso | 65.84 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 142 | Mauritania | 65.84 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 142 | Niger | 65.84 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Mali | 64.92 | 2019 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 148 | Hungary | 64.76 | 2019 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 149 | Myanmar | 63.99 | 2019 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 150 | Pakistan | 63.83 | 2019 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 151 | Angola | 63.21 | 2019 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 152 | Chile | 61.82 | 2019 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 153 | Ethiopia | 61.21 | 2019 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 153 | Montenegro | 61.21 | 2019 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 155 | Namibia | 60.9 | 2019 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 156 | Argentina | 59.43 | 2019 | up 58.2% | rising |
| 157 | Iraq | 59.35 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 158 | Dominican Republic | 58.58 | 2019 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 159 | Gambia | 57.19 | 2019 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 160 | Lesotho | 57.03 | 2019 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 161 | Ukraine | 56.96 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Poland | 55.95 | 2019 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 163 | Syria | 55.64 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 164 | Sierra Leone | 54.56 | 2019 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 165 | Nigeria | 54.5 | 2019 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 166 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 54.1 | 2019 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 167 | Laos | 51.62 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 168 | Egypt | 50.39 | 2019 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 169 | Nepal | 49.3 | 2019 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 170 | Paraguay | 49.15 | 2019 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 171 | Vietnam | 48.22 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 172 | Maldives | 47.22 | 2019 | down 52.8% | falling |
| 173 | Guinea | 45.75 | 2019 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 174 | Panama | 44.51 | 2019 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 175 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 44.05 | 2019 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 176 | Senegal | 43.28 | 2019 | up 833.3% | volatile |
| 177 | Sao Tome and Principe | 42.04 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 178 | Bangladesh | 40.34 | 2019 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 179 | Bulgaria | 39.41 | 2019 | up 160.2% | rising |
| 180 | Central African Republic | 32.92 | 2019 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 181 | Equatorial Guinea | 31.53 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 182 | Congo | 14.53 | 2019 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 183 | Cameroon | 11.13 | 2019 | up 71.4% | rising |
| 184 | Gabon | 9.89 | 2019 | down 69.2% | falling |
| 185 | Ecuador | 4.95 | 2019 | down 66.7% | falling |
About this data
The score for time to comply with tax laws benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.