Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Japan
Japan: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 87.71 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Japan, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Japan stood at 87.71. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 22.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Japan peaked at 87.71 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 71.79, in 2008.
Japan ranks 38th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Japan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 77.98 | — |
| 2006 | 72.57 | -6.9% |
| 2007 | 72.57 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 71.79 | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 71.79 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 73.03 | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 76.89 | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 76.89 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 76.89 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 76.89 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 79.52 | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 87.71 | +10.3% |
| 2017 | 87.71 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 87.71 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 87.71 | +0.0% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 87.71 is above the median for high income countries, which is 85.7, 1.0× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Japan's 87.71 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 81.38, 1.1× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 73.34 | 71.79 | 77.98 | 5 |
| 2010s | 81.1 | 73.03 | 87.71 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Japan
More reference data data for Japan
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.19 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.981 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 4.49 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.3629 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 4.49 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 3.98 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 4.16 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 5.57 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 23.74 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.98 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Japan?
- Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Japan was 87.71 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 87.71 in 2016.
- What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 71.79 in 2008.
- How does Japan rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
- Japan ranks 38th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan 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.