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

Greece: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 77.74 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
77.74
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
94th
of 191 countries
All-time high
77.74
in 2013
All-time low
66.77
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060802005201220192005: 66.82006: 66.82007: 66.82008: 732009: 732010: 732011: 732012: 76.42013: 77.72014: 77.72015: 77.72016: 77.72017: 77.72018: 77.72019: 77.7

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Greece stood at 77.74. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Greece peaked at 77.74 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 66.77, in 2005.

That places Greece 94th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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 Greece, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Greece, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 66.77 —
2006 66.77 +0.0%
2007 66.77 +0.0%
2008 72.95 +9.3%
2009 72.95 +0.0%
2010 72.95 +0.0%
2011 72.95 +0.0%
2012 76.35 +4.7%
2013 77.74 +1.8%
2014 77.74 +0.0%
2015 77.74 +0.0%
2016 77.74 +0.0%
2017 77.74 +0.0%
2018 77.74 +0.0%
2019 77.74 +0.0%

Greece compared with similar countries

  • Greece's 77.74 is below the median for high income countries, which is 85.7, 91% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Greece's 77.74 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 81.3, 96% of the median. (49 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 69.24 66.77 72.95 5
2010s 76.65 72.95 77.74 10

Countries ranked near Greece

  1. 91 Cote d'Ivoire 78.67 compare
  2. 92 Indonesia 78.05 compare
  3. 93 Slovakia 77.9 compare
  4. 95 Uganda 77.43 compare
  5. 96 Suriname 76.82 compare
  6. 97 Mozambique 76.66 compare
  7. 97 Tonga 76.66 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 Greece?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Greece was 77.74 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Greece?
The highest recorded value was 77.74 in 2013.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Greece?
The lowest recorded value was 66.77 in 2005.
How does Greece rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Greece ranks 94th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Greece?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Greece 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.