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

Germany: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 73.88 in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
73.88
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
108th
of 188 countries
All-time high
77.28
in 2005
All-time low
73.42
in 2011
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060802005201220192005: 77.32006: 77.32007: 77.32008: 77.32009: 77.32010: 74.32011: 73.42012: 75.62013: 73.92014: 73.92015: 73.92016: 73.92017: 73.92018: 73.92019: 73.9

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Germany recorded 73.88 for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in 2019.

That represents a change of down 4.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Germany peaked at 77.28 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 73.42, in 2011.

That places Germany 108th out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 77.28 77.28 77.28 5
2010s 74.05 73.42 75.58 10

Countries ranked near Germany

  1. 105 Eritrea 74.19 compare
  2. 105 Georgia 74.19 compare
  3. 105 Iran 74.19 compare
  4. 108 Guinea-Bissau 73.88 compare
  5. 108 Puerto Rico 73.88 compare
  6. 111 Kyrgyzstan 73.57 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 Germany?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Germany was 73.88 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Germany?
The highest recorded value was 77.28 in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Germany?
The lowest recorded value was 73.42 in 2011.
How does Germany rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Germany ranks 108th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Germany?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Germany 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.