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

Turkey: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 81.3 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
81.3
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
73rd
of 191 countries
All-time high
81.3
in 2018
All-time low
68.32
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060802005201220192005: 68.32006: 68.32007: 73.12008: 73.12009: 73.12010: 72.62011: 72.62012: 72.62013: 72.62014: 72.62015: 72.62016: 74.12017: 74.32018: 81.32019: 81.3

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Turkey is 81.3, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of up 11.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Turkey peaked at 81.3 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 68.32, in 2005.

Turkey ranks 73rd of 191 countries on this measure, 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 Turkey, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Turkey, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 68.32 —
2006 68.32 +0.0%
2007 73.11 +7.0%
2008 73.11 +0.0%
2009 73.11 +0.0%
2010 72.64 -0.6%
2011 72.64 +0.0%
2012 72.64 +0.0%
2013 72.64 +0.0%
2014 72.64 +0.0%
2015 72.64 +0.0%
2016 74.11 +2.0%
2017 74.27 +0.2%
2018 81.3 +9.5%
2019 81.3 +0.0%

Turkey compared with similar countries

  • Turkey's 81.3 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 74.65, 1.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Turkey's 81.3 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 81.3, 1.0× the median. (49 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 71.19 68.32 73.11 5
2010s 74.68 72.64 81.3 10

Countries ranked near Turkey

  1. 71 Latvia 81.53 compare
  2. 72 Malawi 81.45 compare
  3. 73 Belarus 81.3 compare
  4. 75 Philippines 81.14 compare
  5. 76 Cambodia 80.83 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 Turkey?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Turkey was 81.3 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Turkey?
The highest recorded value was 81.3 in 2018.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Turkey?
The lowest recorded value was 68.32 in 2005.
How does Turkey rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Turkey ranks 73rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Turkey?
Over the last ten years it is up 11.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Turkey 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.