Paying taxes: Time in Romania

Romania: Paying taxes: Time was 163 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
163 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
123rd
of 187 countries
All-time high
230 hours per year
in 2010
All-time low
161 hours per year
in 2014
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Romania, 2005–2019

0501001502002502005201220192005: 192 hours per year2006: 195 hours per year2007: 204 hours per year2008: 204 hours per year2009: 204 hours per year2010: 230 hours per year2011: 224 hours per year2012: 218 hours per year2013: 202 hours per year2014: 161 hours per year2015: 161 hours per year2016: 161 hours per year2017: 163 hours per year2018: 163 hours per year2019: 163 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes: time in Romania is 163 hours per year, measured in 2019.

That represents a change of down 20.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Romania peaked at 230 hours per year in 2010 and was at its lowest, 161 hours per year, in 2014.

That places Romania 123rd out of 187 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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 199.8 hours per year 192 hours per year 204 hours per year 5
2010s 184.6 hours per year 161 hours per year 230 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Romania

  1. 120 Latvia 168.5 hours per year compare
  2. 121 El Salvador 168 hours per year compare
  3. 121 Kiribati 168 hours per year compare
  4. 123 Uruguay 163 hours per year compare
  5. 125 Russia 159 hours per year compare
  6. 125 Azerbaijan 159 hours per year compare
  7. 125 Togo 159 hours per year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Romania?
Paying taxes: time in Romania was 163 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Romania?
The highest recorded value was 230 hours per year in 2010.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Romania?
The lowest recorded value was 161 hours per year in 2014.
How does Romania rank for paying taxes: time?
Romania ranks 123rd out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Romania?
Over the last ten years it is down 20.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Romania 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.