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Government Statistics > Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours (most recent) by country

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

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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