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

Moldova: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 79.29 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
79.29
Change on year
down 0.4%
World rank
87th
of 191 countries
All-time high
79.6
in 2013
All-time low
71.41
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060802005201220192005: 71.42006: 71.72007: 71.42008: 71.42009: 72.32010: 72.32011: 72.32012: 73.62013: 79.62014: 792015: 78.82016: 79.62017: 79.62018: 79.62019: 79.3

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Moldova stood at 79.29.

The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 9.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Moldova peaked at 79.6 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 71.41, in 2005.

That places Moldova 87th 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 Moldova, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Moldova, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 71.41 —
2006 71.72 +0.4%
2007 71.41 -0.4%
2008 71.41 +0.0%
2009 72.33 +1.3%
2010 72.33 +0.0%
2011 72.33 +0.0%
2012 73.57 +1.7%
2013 79.6 +8.2%
2014 78.98 -0.8%
2015 78.83 -0.2%
2016 79.6 +1.0%
2017 79.6 +0.0%
2018 79.6 +0.0%
2019 79.29 -0.4%

Moldova compared with similar countries

  • Moldova's 79.29 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 74.65, 1.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Moldova's 79.29 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 81.3, 98% of the median. (49 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 71.65 71.41 72.33 5
2010s 77.37 72.33 79.6 10

Countries ranked near Moldova

  1. 85 Lebanon 79.6 compare
  2. 85 Uzbekistan 79.6 compare
  3. 87 Madagascar 79.29 compare
  4. 89 Haiti 79.13 compare
  5. 90 Kazakhstan 78.83 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Moldova?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Moldova was 79.29 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Moldova?
The highest recorded value was 79.6 in 2013.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Moldova?
The lowest recorded value was 71.41 in 2005.
How does Moldova rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Moldova ranks 87th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Moldova?
Over the last ten years it is up 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Moldova 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.