Paying taxes: Time in Norway
Norway: Paying taxes: Time was 79 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling
Paying taxes: Time in Norway, 2005–2019
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 176th of 190 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Paying taxes: Time in Norway, year by year
| Year | hours per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 87 hours per year | — |
| 2006 | 87 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 87 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 87 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 87 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 87 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 87 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 87 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 83 hours per year | -4.6% |
| 2014 | 83 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 83 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 83 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 83 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 79 hours per year | -4.8% |
| 2019 | 79 hours per year | +0.0% |
Norway compared with similar countries
- Norway's 79 hours per year is below the median for high income countries, which is 141.5 hours per year, 56% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Norway's 79 hours per year is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 170 hours per year, 46% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
More reference data data for Norway
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.3703 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.3621 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0618 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.24 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.7734 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.48 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 6.9 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.3366 (2050)
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 176th out of 190 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
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.