Paying taxes: Time in Poland

Poland: Paying taxes: Time was 334 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
334 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
29th
of 187 countries
All-time high
420 hours per year
in 2005
All-time low
258 hours per year
in 2017
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Poland, 2005–2019

01002003004002005201220192005: 420 hours per year2006: 420 hours per year2007: 420 hours per year2008: 420 hours per year2009: 397 hours per year2010: 325 hours per year2011: 296 hours per year2012: 286 hours per year2013: 286 hours per year2014: 286 hours per year2015: 269 hours per year2016: 269 hours per year2017: 258 hours per year2018: 334 hours per year2019: 334 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time in Poland stood at 334 hours per year.

That represents a change of down 15.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Poland peaked at 420 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 258 hours per year, in 2017.

Poland ranks 29th of 187 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 415.4 hours per year 397 hours per year 420 hours per year 5
2010s 294.3 hours per year 258 hours per year 334 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Poland

  1. 26 Nigeria 343.37 hours per year compare
  2. 27 Sierra Leone 343 hours per year compare
  3. 28 Syria 336 hours per year compare
  4. 30 Ukraine 327.5 hours per year compare
  5. 31 Lesotho 327 hours per year compare
  6. 32 Gambia 326 hours per year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Poland?
Paying taxes: time in Poland was 334 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Poland?
The highest recorded value was 420 hours per year in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Poland?
The lowest recorded value was 258 hours per year in 2017.
How does Poland rank for paying taxes: time?
Poland ranks 29th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Poland?
Over the last ten years it is down 15.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Poland 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
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.