Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Ireland
Ireland: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 94.98 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Ireland, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 94.98 for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Ireland peaked at 95.98 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 94.98, in 2019.
Ireland ranks 17th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Ireland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 95.98 | — |
| 2006 | 95.98 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 95.98 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 95.98 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 95.98 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 95.98 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 95.98 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 95.36 | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 95.36 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 95.36 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 95.05 | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 95.05 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 95.05 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 95.05 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 94.98 | -0.1% |
Ireland compared with similar countries
- Ireland's 94.98 is above the median for high income countries, which is 85.7, 1.1× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Ireland's 94.98 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 81.3, 1.2× the median. (49 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 95.98 | 95.98 | 95.98 | 5 |
| 2010s | 95.32 | 94.98 | 95.98 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
More reference data data for Ireland
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.45 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.19 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 4.37 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0921 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 4.37 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 4.87 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 3.37 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 5.6 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 21.02 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.5015 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Ireland?
- Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Ireland was 94.98 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 95.98 in 2005.
- What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 94.98 in 2019.
- How does Ireland rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
- Ireland ranks 17th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Ireland 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 15 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
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.