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

Finland: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 93.66 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
93.66
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
19th
of 191 countries
All-time high
93.66
in 2018
All-time low
66
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060801002005201220192005: 662006: 662007: 662008: 662009: 702010: 702011: 93.22012: 93.22013: 93.22014: 93.22015: 93.22016: 93.22017: 93.22018: 93.72019: 93.7

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Finland recorded 93.66 for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 33.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Finland peaked at 93.66 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 66, in 2005.

Finland ranks 19th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Finland, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 66 —
2006 66 +0.0%
2007 66 +0.0%
2008 66 +0.0%
2009 70.02 +6.1%
2010 70.02 +0.0%
2011 93.2 +33.1%
2012 93.2 +0.0%
2013 93.2 +0.0%
2014 93.2 +0.0%
2015 93.2 +0.0%
2016 93.2 +0.0%
2017 93.2 +0.0%
2018 93.66 +0.5%
2019 93.66 +0.0%

Finland compared with similar countries

  • Finland's 93.66 is above the median for high income countries, which is 85.7, 1.1× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Finland's 93.66 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 81.3, 1.2× the median. (49 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 66.8 66 70.02 5
2010s 90.97 70.02 93.66 10

Countries ranked near Finland

  1. 16 Solomon Islands 95.21 compare
  2. 17 Ireland 94.98 compare
  3. 18 Seychelles 94.44 compare
  4. 20 Rwanda 93.59 compare
  5. 21 Lithuania 92.89 compare
  6. 22 Jordan 92.66 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 Finland?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Finland was 93.66 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Finland?
The highest recorded value was 93.66 in 2018.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Finland?
The lowest recorded value was 66 in 2005.
How does Finland rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Finland ranks 19th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Finland?
Over the last ten years it is up 33.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Finland 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.