Paying taxes: Time in Greece

Greece: Paying taxes: Time was 193 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
193 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
97th
of 187 countries
All-time high
264 hours per year
in 2005
All-time low
193 hours per year
in 2013
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Greece, 2005–2019

01002003002005201220192005: 264 hours per year2006: 264 hours per year2007: 264 hours per year2008: 224 hours per year2009: 224 hours per year2010: 224 hours per year2011: 224 hours per year2012: 202 hours per year2013: 193 hours per year2014: 193 hours per year2015: 193 hours per year2016: 193 hours per year2017: 193 hours per year2018: 193 hours per year2019: 193 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes: time in Greece is 193 hours per year, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Greece peaked at 264 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 193 hours per year, in 2013.

Greece ranks 97th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 248 hours per year 224 hours per year 264 hours per year 5
2010s 200.1 hours per year 193 hours per year 224 hours per year 10

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  4. 99 Indonesia 191 hours per year compare
  5. 100 Cote d'Ivoire 187 hours per year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Greece?
Paying taxes: time in Greece was 193 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Greece?
The highest recorded value was 264 hours per year in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Greece?
The lowest recorded value was 193 hours per year in 2013.
How does Greece rank for paying taxes: time?
Greece ranks 97th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Greece?
Over the last ten years it is down 13.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Greece 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

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.