Paying taxes: Time in Turkey

Turkey: Paying taxes: Time was 170 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
170 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
117th
of 187 countries
All-time high
254 hours per year
in 2005
All-time low
170 hours per year
in 2018
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Turkey, 2005–2019

01002003002005201220192005: 254 hours per year2006: 254 hours per year2007: 223 hours per year2008: 223 hours per year2009: 223 hours per year2010: 226 hours per year2011: 226 hours per year2012: 226 hours per year2013: 226 hours per year2014: 226 hours per year2015: 226 hours per year2016: 216.5 hours per year2017: 215.5 hours per year2018: 170 hours per year2019: 170 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time in Turkey stood at 170 hours per year. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of down 23.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Turkey peaked at 254 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 170 hours per year, in 2018.

That places Turkey 117th 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 235.4 hours per year 223 hours per year 254 hours per year 5
2010s 212.8 hours per year 170 hours per year 226 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Turkey

  1. 115 Cambodia 173 hours per year compare
  2. 116 Philippines 171 hours per year compare
  3. 117 Belarus 170 hours per year compare
  4. 119 Malawi 169 hours per year compare
  5. 120 Latvia 168.5 hours per year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Turkey?
Paying taxes: time in Turkey was 170 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Turkey?
The highest recorded value was 254 hours per year in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Turkey?
The lowest recorded value was 170 hours per year in 2018.
How does Turkey rank for paying taxes: time?
Turkey ranks 117th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Turkey?
Over the last ten years it is down 23.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Turkey 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.