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

Japan: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 87.71 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
87.71
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
37th
of 188 countries
All-time high
87.71
in 2016
All-time low
71.79
in 2008
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060802005201220192005: 782006: 72.62007: 72.62008: 71.82009: 71.82010: 732011: 76.92012: 76.92013: 76.92014: 76.92015: 79.52016: 87.72017: 87.72018: 87.72019: 87.7

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 37th of 188 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 73.34 71.79 77.98 5
2010s 81.1 73.03 87.71 10

Countries ranked near Japan

  1. 34 Eswatini 88.72 compare
  2. 34 Sweden 88.72 compare
  3. 36 Micronesia (country) 87.79 compare
  4. 38 Sri Lanka 87.64 compare
  5. 39 Austria 87.33 compare
  6. 39 Canada 87.33 compare

See the full ranking of 190 places →

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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 37th out of 188 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.

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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
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.