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

Hungary: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 64.76 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
64.76
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
148th
of 191 countries
All-time high
64.76
in 2010
All-time low
55.02
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

02040602005201220192005: 552006: 552007: 552008: 56.62009: 56.62010: 64.82011: 64.82012: 64.82013: 64.82014: 64.82015: 64.82016: 64.82017: 64.82018: 64.82019: 64.8

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Hungary stood at 64.76. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

The figure is up 14.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Hungary peaked at 64.76 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 55.02, in 2005.

Hungary ranks 148th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Hungary, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 55.02 —
2006 55.02 +0.0%
2007 55.02 +0.0%
2008 56.57 +2.8%
2009 56.57 +0.0%
2010 64.76 +14.5%
2011 64.76 +0.0%
2012 64.76 +0.0%
2013 64.76 +0.0%
2014 64.76 +0.0%
2015 64.76 +0.0%
2016 64.76 +0.0%
2017 64.76 +0.0%
2018 64.76 +0.0%
2019 64.76 +0.0%

Hungary compared with similar countries

  • Hungary's 64.76 is below the median for high income countries, which is 85.7, 76% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Hungary's 64.76 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 81.3, 80% of the median. (49 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 55.64 55.02 56.57 5
2010s 64.76 64.76 64.76 10

Countries ranked near Hungary

  1. 147 Mali 64.92 compare
  2. 149 Myanmar 63.99 compare
  3. 150 Pakistan 63.83 compare
  4. 151 Angola 63.21 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 Hungary?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Hungary was 64.76 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Hungary?
The highest recorded value was 64.76 in 2010.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Hungary?
The lowest recorded value was 55.02 in 2005.
How does Hungary rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Hungary ranks 148th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Hungary?
Over the last ten years it is up 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Hungary 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.