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

Taiwan: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 73.42 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
73.42
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
115th
of 191 countries
All-time high
73.42
in 2012
All-time low
55.02
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060802005201220192005: 552006: 552007: 552008: 552009: 64.22010: 662011: 69.72012: 73.42013: 73.42014: 73.42015: 73.42016: 73.42017: 73.42018: 73.42019: 73.4

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Taiwan is 73.42, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Taiwan peaked at 73.42 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 55.02, in 2005.

That places Taiwan 115th 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 Taiwan, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Taiwan, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 55.02 —
2006 55.02 +0.0%
2007 55.02 +0.0%
2008 55.02 +0.0%
2009 64.22 +16.7%
2010 66 +2.8%
2011 69.71 +5.6%
2012 73.42 +5.3%
2013 73.42 +0.0%
2014 73.42 +0.0%
2015 73.42 +0.0%
2016 73.42 +0.0%
2017 73.42 +0.0%
2018 73.42 +0.0%
2019 73.42 +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 56.86 55.02 64.22 5
2010s 72.3 66 73.42 10

Countries ranked near Taiwan

  1. 114 Kyrgyzstan 73.57 compare
  2. 116 Samoa 72.95 compare
  3. 116 Tajikistan 72.95 compare
  4. 118 Serbia 72.72 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 Taiwan?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Taiwan was 73.42 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Taiwan?
The highest recorded value was 73.42 in 2012.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Taiwan?
The lowest recorded value was 55.02 in 2005.
How does Taiwan rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Taiwan ranks 115th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Taiwan?
Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Taiwan 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.