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

Canada: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 87.33 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
87.33
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
39th
of 188 countries
All-time high
89.18
in 2005
All-time low
87.33
in 2010
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060802005201220192005: 89.22006: 89.22007: 89.22008: 89.22009: 89.22010: 87.32011: 87.32012: 87.32013: 87.32014: 87.32015: 87.32016: 87.32017: 87.32018: 87.32019: 87.3

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Canada stood at 87.33. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of down 2.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Canada peaked at 89.18 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 87.33, in 2010.

That places Canada 39th out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 89.18 89.18 89.18 5
2010s 87.33 87.33 87.33 10

Countries ranked near Canada

  1. 36 Micronesia (country) 87.79 compare
  2. 37 Japan 87.71 compare
  3. 38 Sri Lanka 87.64 compare
  4. 39 Austria 87.33 compare
  5. 41 Denmark 87.17 compare
  6. 42 Mongolia 86.86 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 Canada?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Canada was 87.33 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Canada?
The highest recorded value was 89.18 in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Canada?
The lowest recorded value was 87.33 in 2010.
How does Canada rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Canada ranks 39th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Canada?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Canada 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.