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

Austria: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 87.33 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
87.33
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
40th
of 191 countries
All-time high
87.33
in 2014
All-time low
81.3
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060802005201220192005: 81.32006: 81.32007: 81.32008: 81.32009: 81.32010: 81.32011: 81.32012: 81.32013: 81.92014: 87.32015: 87.32016: 87.32017: 87.32018: 87.32019: 87.3

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Austria is 87.33, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Austria peaked at 87.33 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 81.3, in 2005.

Austria ranks 40th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Austria, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 81.3 —
2006 81.3 +0.0%
2007 81.3 +0.0%
2008 81.3 +0.0%
2009 81.3 +0.0%
2010 81.3 +0.0%
2011 81.3 +0.0%
2012 81.3 +0.0%
2013 81.92 +0.8%
2014 87.33 +6.6%
2015 87.33 +0.0%
2016 87.33 +0.0%
2017 87.33 +0.0%
2018 87.33 +0.0%
2019 87.33 +0.0%

Austria compared with similar countries

  • Austria's 87.33 is above the median for high income countries, which is 85.7, 1.0× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Austria's 87.33 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 81.3, 1.1× the median. (49 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 81.3 81.3 81.3 5
2010s 84.98 81.3 87.33 10

Countries ranked near Austria

  1. 37 Micronesia (country) 87.79 compare
  2. 38 Japan 87.71 compare
  3. 39 Sri Lanka 87.64 compare
  4. 40 Canada 87.33 compare
  5. 42 Denmark 87.17 compare
  6. 43 Mongolia 86.86 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 Austria?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Austria was 87.33 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Austria?
The highest recorded value was 87.33 in 2014.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Austria?
The lowest recorded value was 81.3 in 2005.
How does Austria rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Austria ranks 40th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Austria?
Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Austria 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.