Paying taxes: Time in Moldova

Moldova: Paying taxes: Time was 183 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
183 hours per year
Change on year
up 1.1%
World rank
103rd
of 187 countries
All-time high
234 hours per year
in 2005
All-time low
181 hours per year
in 2013
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Moldova, 2005–2019

0501001502002502005201220192005: 234 hours per year2006: 232 hours per year2007: 234 hours per year2008: 234 hours per year2009: 228 hours per year2010: 228 hours per year2011: 228 hours per year2012: 220 hours per year2013: 181 hours per year2014: 185 hours per year2015: 186 hours per year2016: 181 hours per year2017: 181 hours per year2018: 181 hours per year2019: 183 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time in Moldova stood at 183 hours per year.

That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and down 19.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Moldova peaked at 234 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 181 hours per year, in 2013.

Moldova ranks 103rd 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 232.4 hours per year 228 hours per year 234 hours per year 5
2010s 195.4 hours per year 181 hours per year 228 hours per year 10

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Moldova?
Paying taxes: time in Moldova was 183 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Moldova?
The highest recorded value was 234 hours per year in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Moldova?
The lowest recorded value was 181 hours per year in 2013.
How does Moldova rank for paying taxes: time?
Moldova ranks 103rd out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Moldova?
Over the last ten years it is down 19.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Moldova 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.