Paying taxes: Time in Hong Kong

Hong Kong: Paying taxes: Time was 34.5 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
34.5 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
186th
of 187 countries
All-time high
50.5 hours per year
in 2005
All-time low
34.5 hours per year
in 2018
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Hong Kong, 2005–2019

02040602005201220192005: 50.5 hours per year2006: 50.5 hours per year2007: 50.5 hours per year2008: 50.5 hours per year2009: 50.5 hours per year2010: 50.5 hours per year2011: 50.5 hours per year2012: 48.5 hours per year2013: 48.5 hours per year2014: 48.5 hours per year2015: 44.5 hours per year2016: 44.5 hours per year2017: 44.5 hours per year2018: 34.5 hours per year2019: 34.5 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes: time in Hong Kong is 34.5 hours per year, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of down 31.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Hong Kong peaked at 50.5 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 34.5 hours per year, in 2018.

Hong Kong ranks 186th of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 50.5 hours per year 50.5 hours per year 50.5 hours per year 5
2010s 44.9 hours per year 34.5 hours per year 50.5 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Hong Kong

  1. 184 Estonia 50 hours per year compare
  2. 185 Qatar 41 hours per year compare
  3. 187 Bahrain 22.5 hours per year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Hong Kong?
Paying taxes: time in Hong Kong was 34.5 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Hong Kong?
The highest recorded value was 50.5 hours per year in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Hong Kong?
The lowest recorded value was 34.5 hours per year in 2018.
How does Hong Kong rank for paying taxes: time?
Hong Kong ranks 186th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Hong Kong?
Over the last ten years it is down 31.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Hong Kong 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
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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.