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

India: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 68.64 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
68.64
Change on year
up 5.6%
World rank
131st
of 188 countries
All-time high
74.21
in 2017
All-time low
63.83
in 2007
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060802005201220192005: 64.92006: 64.92007: 63.82008: 63.82009: 63.82010: 65.82011: 66.52012: 68.22013: 68.52014: 68.52015: 68.52016: 68.82017: 74.22018: 652019: 68.6

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in India stood at 68.64.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.6% on the previous year and up 7.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in India peaked at 74.21 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 63.83, in 2007.

That places India 131st out of 188 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 64.27 63.83 64.92 5
2010s 68.26 65.01 74.21 10

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  4. 132 Albania 68.62 compare
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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in India?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in India was 68.64 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in India?
The highest recorded value was 74.21 in 2017.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in India?
The lowest recorded value was 63.83 in 2007.
How does India rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
India ranks 131st out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in India?
Over the last ten years it is up 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this India 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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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
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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.