Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in New Zealand
New Zealand: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 85.94 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in New Zealand, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in New Zealand stood at 85.94. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in New Zealand peaked at 85.94 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 80.99, in 2005.
That places New Zealand 49th 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 New Zealand, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 80.99 | — |
| 2006 | 80.99 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 80.99 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 80.99 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 80.99 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 80.99 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 80.99 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 84.08 | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 84.08 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 84.08 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 84.08 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 84.08 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 85.94 | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 85.94 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 85.94 | +0.0% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 85.94 is above the median for high income countries, which is 85.7, 1.0× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 85.94 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 81.38, 1.1× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 80.99 | 80.99 | 80.99 | 5 |
| 2010s | 84.02 | 80.99 | 85.94 | 10 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
More reference data data for New Zealand
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.4532 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 9.92 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 10.93 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0459 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 10.93 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.52 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.53 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 42.17 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 47.53 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.2499 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in New Zealand?
- Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in New Zealand was 85.94 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 85.94 in 2017.
- What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 80.99 in 2005.
- How does New Zealand rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
- New Zealand ranks 49th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand 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
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.