Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Albania

Albania: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 68.62 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
68.62
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
135th
of 191 countries
All-time high
68.62
in 2018
All-time low
50.23
in 2011
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Albania, 2005–2019

02040602005201220192005: 51.32006: 51.32007: 51.32008: 50.72009: 50.72010: 51.92011: 50.22012: 52.42013: 52.42014: 52.42015: 52.42016: 68.22017: 68.22018: 68.62019: 68.6

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Albania is 68.62, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of up 35.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Albania peaked at 68.62 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 50.23, in 2011.

Albania ranks 135th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.

Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Albania, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Albania, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 51.31 —
2006 51.31 +0.0%
2007 51.31 +0.0%
2008 50.7 -1.2%
2009 50.7 +0.0%
2010 51.93 +2.4%
2011 50.23 -3.3%
2012 52.4 +4.3%
2013 52.4 +0.0%
2014 52.4 +0.0%
2015 52.4 +0.0%
2016 68.16 +30.1%
2017 68.16 +0.0%
2018 68.62 +0.7%
2019 68.62 +0.0%

Albania compared with similar countries

  • Albania's 68.62 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 74.65, 92% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Albania's 68.62 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 81.3, 84% of the median. (49 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 51.07 50.7 51.31 5
2010s 58.53 50.23 68.62 10

Countries ranked near Albania

  1. 132 Guatemala 69.24 compare
  2. 132 Yemen 69.24 compare
  3. 134 India 68.64 compare
  4. 136 Colombia 68.08 compare
  5. 137 Guyana 68.01 compare
  6. 138 Peru 67.39 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Albania?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Albania was 68.62 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Albania?
The highest recorded value was 68.62 in 2018.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Albania?
The lowest recorded value was 50.23 in 2011.
How does Albania rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Albania ranks 135th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Albania?
Over the last ten years it is up 35.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Albania data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 2,794 data points, 2005–2019
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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.