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

Montenegro: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 61.21 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
61.21
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
153rd
of 191 countries
All-time high
61.21
in 2016
All-time low
50.08
in 2006
Years of data
14
2006–2019

Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Montenegro, 2006–2019

02040602006201220192006: 50.12007: 50.12008: 50.12009: 50.12010: 50.12011: 50.12012: 58.12013: 58.12014: 58.12015: 592016: 61.22017: 61.22018: 61.22019: 61.2

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Montenegro stood at 61.21. That is the highest value across all 14 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 Montenegro peaked at 61.21 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 50.08, in 2006.

Montenegro ranks 153rd of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Montenegro, 2006 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2006 50.08 —
2007 50.08 +0.0%
2008 50.08 +0.0%
2009 50.08 +0.0%
2010 50.08 +0.0%
2011 50.08 +0.0%
2012 58.11 +16.0%
2013 58.11 +0.0%
2014 58.11 +0.0%
2015 59.04 +1.6%
2016 61.21 +3.7%
2017 61.21 +0.0%
2018 61.21 +0.0%
2019 61.21 +0.0%

Montenegro compared with similar countries

  • Montenegro's 61.21 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 74.65, 82% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Montenegro's 61.21 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 81.3, 75% of the median. (49 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 50.08 50.08 50.08 4
2010s 57.84 50.08 61.21 10

Countries ranked near Montenegro

  1. 150 Pakistan 63.83 compare
  2. 151 Angola 63.21 compare
  3. 152 Chile 61.82 compare
  4. 153 Ethiopia 61.21 compare
  5. 155 Namibia 60.9 compare
  6. 156 Argentina 59.43 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 Montenegro?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Montenegro was 61.21 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Montenegro?
The highest recorded value was 61.21 in 2016.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Montenegro?
The lowest recorded value was 50.08 in 2006.
How does Montenegro rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Montenegro ranks 153rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Montenegro?
Over the last ten years it is up 22.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Montenegro 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.