Paying taxes: Time in Montenegro

Montenegro: Paying taxes: Time was 300 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
300 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
37th
of 190 countries
All-time high
372 hours per year
in 2006
All-time low
300 hours per year
in 2016
Years of data
14
2006–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Montenegro, 2006–2019

01002003004002006201220192006: 372 hours per year2007: 372 hours per year2008: 372 hours per year2009: 372 hours per year2010: 372 hours per year2011: 372 hours per year2012: 320 hours per year2013: 320 hours per year2014: 320 hours per year2015: 314 hours per year2016: 300 hours per year2017: 300 hours per year2018: 300 hours per year2019: 300 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time in Montenegro stood at 300 hours per year. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.

That represents a change of down 19.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Montenegro peaked at 372 hours per year in 2006 and was at its lowest, 300 hours per year, in 2016.

Montenegro ranks 37th of 190 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.

Paying taxes: Time in Montenegro, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) in Montenegro, 2006 to 2019.
Year hours per year Change
2006 372 hours per year —
2007 372 hours per year +0.0%
2008 372 hours per year +0.0%
2009 372 hours per year +0.0%
2010 372 hours per year +0.0%
2011 372 hours per year +0.0%
2012 320 hours per year -14.0%
2013 320 hours per year +0.0%
2014 320 hours per year +0.0%
2015 314 hours per year -1.9%
2016 300 hours per year -4.5%
2017 300 hours per year +0.0%
2018 300 hours per year +0.0%
2019 300 hours per year +0.0%

Montenegro compared with similar countries

  • Montenegro's 300 hours per year is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 213 hours per year, 1.4× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Montenegro's 300 hours per year is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 170 hours per year, 1.8× the median. (49 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 372 hours per year 372 hours per year 372 hours per year 4
2010s 321.8 hours per year 300 hours per year 372 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Montenegro

  1. 34 Iraq 312 hours per year compare
  2. 35 Argentina 311.5 hours per year compare
  3. 36 Namibia 302 hours per year compare
  4. 37 Ethiopia 300 hours per year compare
  5. 39 Chile 296 hours per year compare
  6. 40 Angola 287 hours per year compare

See the full ranking of 190 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Montenegro?
Paying taxes: time in Montenegro was 300 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Montenegro?
The highest recorded value was 372 hours per year in 2006.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Montenegro?
The lowest recorded value was 300 hours per year in 2016.
How does Montenegro rank for paying taxes: time?
Montenegro ranks 37th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Montenegro?
Over the last ten years it is down 19.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Montenegro 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.