Paying taxes: Time in Albania
Albania: Paying taxes: Time was 252 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling
Paying taxes: Time in Albania, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.
Analysis
In 2019, paying taxes: time in Albania stood at 252 hours per year. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of down 31.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Albania peaked at 371 hours per year in 2011 and was at its lowest, 252 hours per year, in 2018.
That places Albania 56th out of 190 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Paying taxes: Time in Albania, year by year
| Year | hours per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 364 hours per year | — |
| 2006 | 364 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 364 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 368 hours per year | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 368 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 360 hours per year | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 371 hours per year | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 357 hours per year | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 357 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 357 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 357 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 255 hours per year | -28.6% |
| 2017 | 255 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 252 hours per year | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 252 hours per year | +0.0% |
Albania compared with similar countries
- Albania's 252 hours per year is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 213 hours per year, 1.2× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Albania's 252 hours per year is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 170 hours per year, 1.5× the median. (49 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 365.6 hours per year | 364 hours per year | 368 hours per year | 5 |
| 2010s | 317.3 hours per year | 252 hours per year | 371 hours per year | 10 |
Countries ranked near Albania
More reference data data for Albania
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2845 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.4183 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.9734 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0261 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.9734 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.954 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.6439 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.6 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 4.34 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.142 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is paying taxes: time in Albania?
- Paying taxes: time in Albania was 252 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 371 hours per year in 2011.
- What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 252 hours per year in 2018.
- How does Albania rank for paying taxes: time?
- Albania ranks 56th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Albania data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes: Time (hours per year). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The time to comply with tax laws measures the time taken to prepare, ?le and pay three major types of taxes and contributions: the corporate income tax, value added or sales tax and labor taxes, including payroll taxes and social contributions.