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

Georgia: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 74.19 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
74.19
Change on year
up 0.8%
World rank
108th
of 191 countries
All-time high
74.19
in 2019
All-time low
38.33
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060802005201220192005: 38.32006: 47.82007: 47.82008: 47.82009: 47.82010: 47.82011: 47.82012: 64.32013: 64.32014: 51.62015: 51.62016: 65.82017: 662018: 73.62019: 74.2

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Georgia stood at 74.19. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 55.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Georgia peaked at 74.19 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 38.33, in 2005.

Georgia ranks 108th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Georgia, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 38.33 —
2006 47.76 +24.6%
2007 47.76 +0.0%
2008 47.76 +0.0%
2009 47.76 +0.0%
2010 47.76 +0.0%
2011 47.76 +0.0%
2012 64.3 +34.6%
2013 64.3 +0.0%
2014 51.62 -19.7%
2015 51.62 +0.0%
2016 65.84 +27.5%
2017 66 +0.2%
2018 73.57 +11.5%
2019 74.19 +0.8%

Georgia compared with similar countries

  • Georgia's 74.19 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 74.65, 99% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Georgia's 74.19 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 81.3, 91% of the median. (49 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Georgia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2012 +34.6% 47.76 64.3
2016 +27.5% 51.62 65.84

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 45.87 38.33 47.76 5
2010s 60.7 47.76 74.19 10

Countries ranked near Georgia

  1. 105 South Africa 75.12 compare
  2. 105 South Sudan 75.12 compare
  3. 105 Trinidad and Tobago 75.12 compare
  4. 108 Eritrea 74.19 compare
  5. 108 Iran 74.19 compare
  6. 111 Germany 73.88 compare
  7. 111 Guinea-Bissau 73.88 compare
  8. 111 Puerto Rico 73.88 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 Georgia?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Georgia was 74.19 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Georgia?
The highest recorded value was 74.19 in 2019.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Georgia?
The lowest recorded value was 38.33 in 2005.
How does Georgia rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Georgia ranks 108th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Georgia?
Over the last ten years it is up 55.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Georgia 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.