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

Switzerland: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 97.84 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
97.84
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
11th
of 188 countries
All-time high
97.84
in 2005
All-time low
97.84
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060801002005201220192005: 97.82006: 97.82007: 97.82008: 97.82009: 97.82010: 97.82011: 97.82012: 97.82013: 97.82014: 97.82015: 97.82016: 97.82017: 97.82018: 97.82019: 97.8

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Switzerland stood at 97.84. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Switzerland peaked at 97.84 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 97.84, in 2005.

That places Switzerland 11th out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 97.84 97.84 97.84 5
2010s 97.84 97.84 97.84 10

Countries ranked near Switzerland

  1. 8 Brunei 99.46 compare
  2. 9 Luxembourg 99.07 compare
  3. 10 Marshall Islands 98.92 compare
  4. 12 Singapore 97.68 compare
  5. 13 Oman 97.06 compare
  6. 14 Norway 95.36 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Switzerland?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Switzerland was 97.84 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Switzerland?
The highest recorded value was 97.84 in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Switzerland?
The lowest recorded value was 97.84 in 2005.
How does Switzerland rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Switzerland ranks 11th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Switzerland?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Switzerland 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.