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

Denmark: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 87.17 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
87.17
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
42nd
of 191 countries
All-time high
87.48
in 2012
All-time low
86.71
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060802005201220192005: 86.72006: 86.72007: 86.72008: 86.72009: 86.72010: 86.72011: 86.72012: 87.52013: 87.22014: 87.22015: 87.22016: 87.22017: 87.22018: 87.22019: 87.2

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Denmark stood at 87.17.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Denmark peaked at 87.48 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 86.71, in 2005.

That places Denmark 42nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Denmark, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 86.71 —
2006 86.71 +0.0%
2007 86.71 +0.0%
2008 86.71 +0.0%
2009 86.71 +0.0%
2010 86.71 +0.0%
2011 86.71 +0.0%
2012 87.48 +0.9%
2013 87.17 -0.4%
2014 87.17 +0.0%
2015 87.17 +0.0%
2016 87.17 +0.0%
2017 87.17 +0.0%
2018 87.17 +0.0%
2019 87.17 +0.0%

Denmark compared with similar countries

  • Denmark's 87.17 is above the median for high income countries, which is 85.7, 1.0× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Denmark's 87.17 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 86.71 86.71 86.71 5
2010s 87.11 86.71 87.48 10

Countries ranked near Denmark

  1. 39 Sri Lanka 87.64 compare
  2. 40 Austria 87.33 compare
  3. 40 Canada 87.33 compare
  4. 43 Mongolia 86.86 compare
  5. 44 Belgium 86.55 compare
  6. 45 China 86.24 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 Denmark?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Denmark was 87.17 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Denmark?
The highest recorded value was 87.48 in 2012.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Denmark?
The lowest recorded value was 86.71 in 2005.
How does Denmark rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Denmark ranks 42nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Denmark?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Denmark 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.