Paying taxes: Time in Sweden
Sweden: Paying taxes: Time was 122 hours per year in 2019. ▬ Flat
Paying taxes: Time in Sweden, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 122 hours per year for paying taxes: time in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Sweden peaked at 122 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 122 hours per year, in 2005.
Sweden ranks 153rd of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 122 hours per year | 122 hours per year | 122 hours per year | 5 |
| 2010s | 122 hours per year | 122 hours per year | 122 hours per year | 10 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More reference data data for Sweden
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.4328 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.2237 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.68 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.2063 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.68 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.45 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.9766 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.13 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 8.03 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.12 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is paying taxes: time in Sweden?
- Paying taxes: time in Sweden was 122 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 122 hours per year in 2005.
- What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 122 hours per year in 2005.
- How does Sweden rank for paying taxes: time?
- Sweden ranks 153rd out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Sweden 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.