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

Australia: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 91.34 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
91.34
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
24th
of 188 countries
All-time high
91.34
in 2013
All-time low
90.73
in 2010
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060801002005201220192005: 912006: 912007: 912008: 912009: 912010: 90.72011: 90.72012: 90.72013: 91.32014: 91.32015: 91.32016: 91.32017: 91.32018: 91.32019: 91.3

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Australia stood at 91.34. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Australia peaked at 91.34 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 90.73, in 2010.

That places Australia 24th out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 91.04 91.04 91.04 5
2010s 91.16 90.73 91.34 10

Countries ranked near Australia

  1. 21 Jordan 92.66 compare
  2. 22 Kuwait 92.43 compare
  3. 23 Comoros 92.12 compare
  4. 25 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 90.88 compare
  5. 26 Saint Lucia 90.57 compare
  6. 27 United Kingdom 89.95 compare

See the full ranking of 190 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Australia?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Australia was 91.34 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Australia?
The highest recorded value was 91.34 in 2013.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Australia?
The lowest recorded value was 90.73 in 2010.
How does Australia rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Australia ranks 24th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Australia?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Australia 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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About this data

Indicator
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 2,783 data points, 2005–2019
Last refreshed

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.