Paying taxes: Time in Kosovo

Kosovo: Paying taxes: Time was 153.5 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
153.5 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
132nd
of 190 countries
All-time high
164 hours per year
in 2011
All-time low
153.5 hours per year
in 2018
Years of data
11
2009–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Kosovo, 2009–2019

0501001502009201420192009: 163 hours per year2010: 163 hours per year2011: 164 hours per year2012: 164 hours per year2013: 161.5 hours per year2014: 155 hours per year2015: 155 hours per year2016: 155 hours per year2017: 155 hours per year2018: 153.5 hours per year2019: 153.5 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

Kosovo recorded 153.5 hours per year for paying taxes: time in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.

The figure is down 5.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Kosovo peaked at 164 hours per year in 2011 and was at its lowest, 153.5 hours per year, in 2018.

Kosovo ranks 132nd of 190 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.

Paying taxes: Time in Kosovo, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) in Kosovo, 2009 to 2019.
Year hours per year Change
2009 163 hours per year —
2010 163 hours per year +0.0%
2011 164 hours per year +0.6%
2012 164 hours per year +0.0%
2013 161.5 hours per year -1.5%
2014 155 hours per year -4.0%
2015 155 hours per year +0.0%
2016 155 hours per year +0.0%
2017 155 hours per year +0.0%
2018 153.5 hours per year -1.0%
2019 153.5 hours per year +0.0%

Kosovo compared with similar countries

  • Kosovo's 153.5 hours per year is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 213 hours per year, 72% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Kosovo's 153.5 hours per year is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 170 hours per year, 90% of the median. (49 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 163 hours per year 163 hours per year 163 hours per year 1
2010s 157.95 hours per year 153.5 hours per year 164 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Kosovo

  1. 130 Bahamas 155 hours per year compare
  2. 130 Morocco 155 hours per year compare
  3. 132 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 153.5 hours per year compare
  4. 134 Saudi Arabia 152 hours per year compare
  5. 135 Costa Rica 151 hours per year compare

See the full ranking of 190 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Kosovo?
Paying taxes: time in Kosovo was 153.5 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Kosovo?
The highest recorded value was 164 hours per year in 2011.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Kosovo?
The lowest recorded value was 153.5 hours per year in 2018.
How does Kosovo rank for paying taxes: time?
Kosovo ranks 132nd out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Kosovo?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Kosovo 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.