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

Hong Kong: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 100 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
100
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 188 countries
All-time high
100
in 2012
All-time low
99.77
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060801002005201220192005: 99.82006: 99.82007: 99.82008: 99.82009: 99.82010: 99.82011: 99.82012: 1002013: 1002014: 1002015: 1002016: 1002017: 1002018: 1002019: 100

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Hong Kong recorded 100 for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

The figure is up 0.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Hong Kong peaked at 100 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 99.77, in 2005.

That places Hong Kong 1st out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 99.77 99.77 99.77 5
2010s 99.95 99.77 100 10

Countries ranked near Hong Kong

  1. 1 Bahrain 100 compare
  2. 1 Djibouti 95.83 compare
  3. 1 Qatar 100 compare
  4. 4 Estonia 99.85 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Hong Kong?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Hong Kong was 100 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Hong Kong?
The highest recorded value was 100 in 2012.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Hong Kong?
The lowest recorded value was 99.77 in 2005.
How does Hong Kong rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Hong Kong ranks 1st out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Hong Kong?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Hong Kong 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.