Paying taxes: Time in Indonesia

Indonesia: Paying taxes: Time was 191 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
191 hours per year
Change on year
down 8.0%
World rank
99th
of 190 countries
All-time high
576 hours per year
in 2006
All-time low
191 hours per year
in 2019
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Indonesia, 2005–2019

2003004005006002005201220192005: 560 hours per year2006: 576 hours per year2007: 266 hours per year2008: 266 hours per year2009: 266 hours per year2010: 266 hours per year2011: 266 hours per year2012: 259 hours per year2013: 259 hours per year2014: 253 hours per year2015: 234 hours per year2016: 221 hours per year2017: 207.5 hours per year2018: 207.5 hours per year2019: 191 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time in Indonesia stood at 191 hours per year. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

The figure is down 8.0% on the previous year and down 28.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Indonesia peaked at 576 hours per year in 2006 and was at its lowest, 191 hours per year, in 2019.

Indonesia ranks 99th of 190 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.

Paying taxes: Time in Indonesia, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) in Indonesia, 2005 to 2019.
Year hours per year Change
2005 560 hours per year —
2006 576 hours per year +2.9%
2007 266 hours per year -53.8%
2008 266 hours per year +0.0%
2009 266 hours per year +0.0%
2010 266 hours per year +0.0%
2011 266 hours per year +0.0%
2012 259 hours per year -2.6%
2013 259 hours per year +0.0%
2014 253 hours per year -2.3%
2015 234 hours per year -7.5%
2016 221 hours per year -5.6%
2017 207.5 hours per year -6.1%
2018 207.5 hours per year +0.0%
2019 191 hours per year -8.0%

Indonesia compared with similar countries

  • Indonesia's 191 hours per year is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 213 hours per year, 90% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Indonesia's 191 hours per year is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 169.5 hours per year, 1.1× the median. (28 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Paying taxes: Time in Indonesia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2007 -53.8% 576 hours per year 266 hours per year

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 386.8 hours per year 266 hours per year 576 hours per year 5
2010s 236.4 hours per year 191 hours per year 266 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Indonesia

  1. 96 Uganda 195 hours per year compare
  2. 97 Greece 193 hours per year compare
  3. 98 Slovakia 192 hours per year compare
  4. 100 Cote d'Ivoire 187 hours per year compare
  5. 101 Kazakhstan 186 hours per year compare
  6. 102 Haiti 184 hours per year compare

See the full ranking of 190 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Indonesia?
Paying taxes: time in Indonesia was 191 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Indonesia?
The highest recorded value was 576 hours per year in 2006.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Indonesia?
The lowest recorded value was 191 hours per year in 2019.
How does Indonesia rank for paying taxes: time?
Indonesia ranks 99th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Indonesia?
Over the last ten years it is down 28.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Indonesia 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
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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.