Paying taxes: Time in Norway

Norway: Paying taxes: Time was 79 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
79 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
174th
of 187 countries
All-time high
87 hours per year
in 2005
All-time low
79 hours per year
in 2018
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Norway, 2005–2019

0204060802005201220192005: 87 hours per year2006: 87 hours per year2007: 87 hours per year2008: 87 hours per year2009: 87 hours per year2010: 87 hours per year2011: 87 hours per year2012: 87 hours per year2013: 83 hours per year2014: 83 hours per year2015: 83 hours per year2016: 83 hours per year2017: 83 hours per year2018: 79 hours per year2019: 79 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time in Norway stood at 79 hours per year. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

The figure is down 9.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Norway peaked at 87 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 79 hours per year, in 2018.

Norway ranks 174th 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 87 hours per year 87 hours per year 87 hours per year 5
2010s 83.4 hours per year 79 hours per year 87 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Norway

  1. 171 Seychelles 85 hours per year compare
  2. 172 Ireland 81.5 hours per year compare
  3. 173 Solomon Islands 80 hours per year compare
  4. 175 Oman 68 hours per year compare
  5. 176 Singapore 64 hours per year compare
  6. 177 Switzerland 63 hours per year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Norway?
Paying taxes: time in Norway was 79 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Norway?
The highest recorded value was 87 hours per year in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Norway?
The lowest recorded value was 79 hours per year in 2018.
How does Norway rank for paying taxes: time?
Norway ranks 174th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Norway?
Over the last ten years it is down 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Norway 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.