DEFINITION
Government Statistics > Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours (most recent) by country
Most recent
2005
2006
Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1 Brazil
2,600 hours
2006 ...
#2 Ukraine
2,185 hours
2006 ...
#3 Cameroon
1,300 hours
2006 ...
#4 Belarus
1,188 hours
2006 ...
#5 Nigeria
1,120 hours
2006 ...
#6 Armenia
1,120 hours
2006 ...
#7 Bolivia
1,080 hours
2006 ...
#8 Vietnam
1,050 hours
2006 ...
#9 Azerbaijan
1,000 hours
2006 ...
#10 Czech Republic
930 hours
2006 ...
#11 Malawi
878 hours
2006 ...
#12 China
872 hours
2006 ...
#13 Venezuela
864 hours
2006 ...
#14 Mauritania
696 hours
2006 ...
#15 Senegal
696 hours
2006 ...
#16 East Timor
640 hours
2006 ...
#17 Bulgaria
616 hours
2006 ...
#18 Argentina
615 hours
2006 ...
#19 Spain
602 hours
2006 ...
#20 Ecuador
600 hours
2006 ...
#21 Indonesia
576 hours
2006 ...
#22 Congo, Republic of the
576 hours
2006 ...
#23 Pakistan
560 hours
2006 ...
#24 Panama
560 hours
2006 ...
#25 Mexico
552 hours
2006 ...
#26 Egypt
536 hours
2006 ...
#27 Antigua and Barbuda
528 hours
2006 ...
#28 Algeria
504 hours
2006 ...
#29 Central African Republic
504 hours
2006 ...
#30 Morocco
468 hours
2006 ...
#31 Colombia
456 hours
2006 ...
#32 Kenya
432 hours
2006 ...
#33 Chile
432 hours
2006 ...
#34 Honduras
424 hours
2006 ...
#35 Peru
424 hours
2006 ...
#36 São Tomé and Príncipe
424 hours
2006 ...
#37 Georgia
423 hours
2006 ...
#38 Guinea
416 hours
2006 ...
#39 Jamaica
414 hours
2006 ...
#40 Nepal
408 hours
2006 ...
#41 Costa Rica
402 hours
2006 ...
#42 Bangladesh
400 hours
2006 ...
#43 Sierra Leone
399 hours
2006 ...
#44 Gambia, The
376 hours
2006 ...
#45 Saint Kitts and Nevis
368 hours
2006 ...
#46 Italy
360 hours
2006 ...
#47 Lesotho
352 hours
2006 ...
#48 Japan
350 hours
2006 ...
#49 South Africa
350 hours
2006 ...
#50 Slovakia
344 hours
2006 ...
#51 Syria
336 hours
2006 ...
#52 Portugal
328 hours
2006 ...
#53 Paraguay
328 hours
2006 ...
#54 United States
325 hours
2006 ...
#55 Latvia
320 hours
2006 ...
#56 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
312 hours
2006 ...
#57 Iraq
312 hours
2006 ...
#58 Madagascar
304 hours
2006 ...
#59 Hungary
304 hours
2006 ...
#60 Ghana
304 hours
2006 ...
#61 Uruguay
300 hours
2006 ...
#62 Guatemala
294 hours
2006 ...
#63 Iran
292 hours
2006 ...
#64 Korea, South
290 hours
2006 ...
#65 Guyana
288 hours
2006 ...
#66 Afghanistan
275 hours
2006 ...
#67 Bhutan
274 hours
2006 ...
#68 Angola
272 hours
2006 ...
#69 Austria
272 hours
2006 ...
#70 Slovenia
272 hours
2006 ...
#71 Gabon
272 hours
2006 ...
#72 Niger
270 hours
2006 ...
#73 Côte d'Ivoire
270 hours
2006 ...
#74 Benin
270 hours
2006 ...
#75 Burkina Faso
270 hours
2006 ...
#76 Togo
270 hours
2006 ...
#77 Mali
270 hours
2006 ...
#78 Tunisia
268 hours
2006 ...
#79 Finland
264 hours
2006 ...
#80 India
264 hours
2006 ...
#81 Russia
256 hours
2006 ...
#82 Sri Lanka
256 hours
2006 ...
#83 Turkey
254 hours
2006 ...
#84 Moldova
250 hours
2006 ...
#85 Netherlands
250 hours
2006 ...
#86 Yemen
248 hours
2006 ...
#87 Tanzania
248 hours
2006 ...
#88 Nicaragua
240 hours
2006 ...
#89 Albania
240 hours
2006 ...
#90 Uganda
237 hours
2006 ...
#91 Mozambique
230 hours
2006 ...
#92 Israel
225 hours
2006 ...
#93 Samoa
224 hours
2006 ...
#94 El Salvador
224 hours
2006 ...
#95 Tajikistan
224 hours
2006 ...
#96 Zimbabwe
216 hours
2006 ...
#97 Eritrea
216 hours
2006 ...
#98 Equatorial Guinea
212 hours
2006 ...
#99 Ethiopia
212 hours
2006 ...
#100 Lebanon
208 hours
2006 ...
#101 Guinea-Bissau
208 hours
2006 ...
#102 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
208 hours
2006 ...
#103 Greece
204 hours
2006 ...
#104 Kyrgyzstan
204 hours
2006 ...
#105 Mongolia
204 hours
2006 ...
#106 Romania
198 hours
2006 ...
#107 Papua New Guinea
198 hours
2006 ...
#108 Suriname
198 hours
2006 ...
#109 Croatia
196 hours
2006 ...
#110 Malaysia
190 hours
2006 ...
#111 Laos
180 hours
2006 ...
#112 Sudan
180 hours
2006 ...
#113 Dominican Republic
178 hours
2006 ...
#114 Poland
175 hours
2006 ...
#115 Rwanda
168 hours
2006 ...
#116 Tonga
164 hours
2006 ...
#117 Lithuania
162 hours
2006 ...
#118 Haiti
160 hours
2006 ...
#119 Belgium
160 hours
2006 ...
#120 Mauritius
158 hours
2006 ...
#121 Kazakhstan
156 hours
2006 ...
#122 Uzbekistan
152 hours
2006 ...
#123 Fiji
145 hours
2006 ...
#124 Grenada
140 hours
2006 ...
#125 Botswana
140 hours
2006 ...
#126 Burundi
140 hours
2006 ...
#127 Puerto Rico
140 hours
2006 ...
#128 Iceland
140 hours
2006 ...
#129 Denmark
135 hours
2006 ...
#130 Zambia
131 hours
2006 ...
#131 Marshall Islands
128 hours
2006 ...
#132 France
128 hours
2006 ...
#133 Micronesia, Federated States of
128 hours
2006 ...
#134 Palau
128 hours
2006 ...
#135 Chad
122 hours
2006 ...
#136 Sweden
122 hours
2006 ...
#137 Cambodia
121 hours
2006 ...
#138 Kiribati
120 hours
2006 ...
#139 Vanuatu
120 hours
2006 ...
#140 Canada
119 hours
2006 ...
#141 Kuwait
118 hours
2006 ...
#142 Djibouti
114 hours
2006 ...
#143 Trinidad and Tobago
114 hours
2006 ...
#144 Belize
108 hours
2006 ...
#145 Australia
107 hours
2006 ...
#146 Germany
105 hours
2006 ...
#147 United Kingdom
105 hours
2006 ...
#148 Estonia
104 hours
2006 ...
#149 Swaziland
104 hours
2006 ...
#150 Thailand
104 hours
2006 ...
#151 Jordan
101 hours
2006 ...
#152 Comoros
100 hours
2006 ...
#153 Bosnia and Herzegovina
100 hours
2006 ...
#154 Cape Verde
100 hours
2006 ...
#155 Macedonia, Republic of
96 hours
2006 ...
#156 Philippines
94 hours
2006 ...
#157 Norway
87 hours
2006 ...
#158 Hong Kong
80 hours
2006 ...
#159 Solomon Islands
80 hours
2006 ...
#160 Seychelles
76 hours
2006 ...
#161 Ireland
76 hours
2006 ...
#162 Saudi Arabia
75 hours
2006 ...
#163 New Zealand
70 hours
2006 ...
#164 Switzerland
68 hours
2006 ...
#165 Dominica
65 hours
2006 ...
#166 Oman
52 hours
2006 ...
#167 Saint Lucia
41 hours
2006 ...
#168 Singapore
30 hours
2006 ...
#169 United Arab Emirates
12 hours
2006 ...
Weighted average:
332.3 hours
DEFINITION: Time to prepare and pay taxes is the time, in hours per year, it takes to prepare, file, and pay (or withhold) three major types of taxes: the corporate income tax, the value added or sales tax, and labor taxes, including payroll taxes and social security contributions.
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2006 2005
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