Paying taxes: Time in Albania

Albania: Paying taxes: Time was 252 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
252 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
56th
of 190 countries
All-time high
371 hours per year
in 2011
All-time low
252 hours per year
in 2018
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Albania, 2005–2019

01002003004002005201220192005: 364 hours per year2006: 364 hours per year2007: 364 hours per year2008: 368 hours per year2009: 368 hours per year2010: 360 hours per year2011: 371 hours per year2012: 357 hours per year2013: 357 hours per year2014: 357 hours per year2015: 357 hours per year2016: 255 hours per year2017: 255 hours per year2018: 252 hours per year2019: 252 hours per year

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) in Albania, 2005 to 2019.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 53 Peru 260 hours per year compare
  2. 54 Guyana 256 hours per year compare
  3. 55 Colombia 255.5 hours per year compare
  4. 57 India 251.88 hours per year compare
  5. 58 Guatemala 248 hours per year compare
  6. 58 Yemen 248 hours per year compare

See the full ranking of 190 places →

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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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Indicator
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year)
Unit
hours per year
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 2,789 data points, 2005–2019
Last refreshed

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.