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

Kazakhstan: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 78.83 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
78.83
Change on year
down 0.8%
World rank
90th
of 191 countries
All-time high
80.06
in 2011
All-time low
67.23
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060802005201220192005: 67.22006: 67.22007: 67.22008: 67.22009: 67.22010: 67.22011: 80.12012: 80.12013: 80.12014: 80.12015: 80.12016: 80.12017: 80.12018: 79.42019: 78.8

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Kazakhstan stood at 78.83.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 17.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Kazakhstan peaked at 80.06 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 67.23, in 2005.

That places Kazakhstan 90th out of 191 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.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Kazakhstan, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 67.23 —
2006 67.23 +0.0%
2007 67.23 +0.0%
2008 67.23 +0.0%
2009 67.23 +0.0%
2010 67.23 +0.0%
2011 80.06 +19.1%
2012 80.06 +0.0%
2013 80.06 +0.0%
2014 80.06 +0.0%
2015 80.06 +0.0%
2016 80.06 +0.0%
2017 80.06 +0.0%
2018 79.44 -0.8%
2019 78.83 -0.8%

Kazakhstan compared with similar countries

  • Kazakhstan's 78.83 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 74.65, 1.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Kazakhstan's 78.83 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 81.3, 97% of the median. (49 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 67.23 67.23 67.23 5
2010s 78.59 67.23 80.06 10

Countries ranked near Kazakhstan

  1. 87 Madagascar 79.29 compare
  2. 87 Moldova 79.29 compare
  3. 89 Haiti 79.13 compare
  4. 91 Cote d'Ivoire 78.67 compare
  5. 92 Indonesia 78.05 compare
  6. 93 Slovakia 77.9 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Kazakhstan?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Kazakhstan was 78.83 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Kazakhstan?
The highest recorded value was 80.06 in 2011.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Kazakhstan?
The lowest recorded value was 67.23 in 2005.
How does Kazakhstan rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Kazakhstan ranks 90th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Kazakhstan?
Over the last ten years it is up 17.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Kazakhstan 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.