Paying taxes: Time in Germany

Germany: Paying taxes: Time was 218 hours per year in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
218 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
78th
of 187 countries
All-time high
221 hours per year
in 2011
All-time low
196 hours per year
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Germany, 2005–2019

0501001502002005201220192005: 196 hours per year2006: 196 hours per year2007: 196 hours per year2008: 196 hours per year2009: 196 hours per year2010: 215 hours per year2011: 221 hours per year2012: 207 hours per year2013: 218 hours per year2014: 218 hours per year2015: 218 hours per year2016: 218 hours per year2017: 218 hours per year2018: 218 hours per year2019: 218 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes: time in Germany is 218 hours per year, measured in 2019.

The figure is up 11.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Germany peaked at 221 hours per year in 2011 and was at its lowest, 196 hours per year, in 2005.

Germany ranks 78th of 187 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 196 hours per year 196 hours per year 196 hours per year 5
2010s 216.9 hours per year 207 hours per year 221 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Germany

  1. 76 Taiwan 221 hours per year compare
  2. 77 Kyrgyzstan 220 hours per year compare
  3. 78 Guinea-Bissau 218 hours per year compare
  4. 78 Puerto Rico 218 hours per year compare
  5. 81 Eritrea 216 hours per year compare
  6. 81 Georgia 216 hours per year compare
  7. 81 Iran 216 hours per year compare

See the full ranking of 189 places →

More reference data data for Germany

All data for Germany →

Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Germany?
Paying taxes: time in Germany was 218 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Germany?
The highest recorded value was 221 hours per year in 2011.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Germany?
The lowest recorded value was 196 hours per year in 2005.
How does Germany rank for paying taxes: time?
Germany ranks 78th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Germany?
Over the last ten years it is up 11.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Germany 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 15 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

About this data

Indicator
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year)
Unit
hours per year
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
189 places, 2,778 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.