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

Netherlands: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 89.18 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
89.18
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
29th
of 188 countries
All-time high
89.18
in 2016
All-time low
68.93
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060802005201220192005: 68.92006: 68.92007: 79.82008: 79.82009: 82.22010: 87.32011: 88.42012: 88.42013: 892014: 892015: 892016: 89.22017: 89.22018: 89.22019: 89.2

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Netherlands stood at 89.18. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

The figure is up 8.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Netherlands peaked at 89.18 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 68.93, in 2005.

That places Netherlands 29th out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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 75.92 68.93 82.23 5
2010s 88.79 87.33 89.18 10

Countries ranked near Netherlands

  1. 26 Saint Lucia 90.57 compare
  2. 27 United Kingdom 89.95 compare
  3. 28 Dominica 89.49 compare
  4. 29 North Macedonia 89.18 compare
  5. 31 Cyprus 89.1 compare
  6. 32 Botswana 89.03 compare
  7. 32 Vanuatu 89.03 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Netherlands?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Netherlands was 89.18 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Netherlands?
The highest recorded value was 89.18 in 2016.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Netherlands?
The lowest recorded value was 68.93 in 2005.
How does Netherlands rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Netherlands ranks 29th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Netherlands?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Netherlands 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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About this data

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.