Paying taxes, time (hours) - Doing business - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators
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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. For more information, visit http://www.doingbusiness.org/MethodologySurveys/. Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
| Paying taxes, time (hours) - Doing business - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2009) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 |  Sierra Leone | 3,999 |
| 2 | Cameroon | 1,400 |
| 3 | Nigeria | 938 |
| 4 | Egypt | 711 |
| 5 | Mauritania | 696 |
| 6 | Senegal | 666 |
| 7 | Republic of the Congo | 606 |
| 8 | Central African Republic | 504 |
| 9 | Algeria | 451 |
| 10 | North Africa | 437 |
| 11 | Sao Tome and Principe | 424 |
| 12 | Kenya | 417 |
| 13 | Guinea | 416 |
| 14 | Africa | 388.24 |
| 15 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa | 388.09 |
| 16 | Sub-Saharan Africa | 384.09 |
| 17 | Gambia | 376 |
| 18 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria | 375.87 |
| 19 | Namibia | 375 |
| 20 | Morocco | 358 |
| 21 | Lesotho | 324 |
| 22 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 308 |
| 23 | Equatorial Guinea | 296 |
| 24 | Malawi | 292 |
| 25 | Angola | 272 |
| 26 | Gabon | 272 |
| 27 | Ivory Coast | 270 |
| 28 | Mali | 270 |
| 29 | Niger | 270 |
| 30 | Togo | 270 |
| 31 | Benin | 270 |
| 32 | Burkina Faso | 270 |
| 33 | Zimbabwe | 256 |
| 34 | Madagascar | 238 |
| 35 | Mozambique | 230 |
| 36 | Tunisia | 228 |
| 37 | Ghana | 224 |
| 38 | Uganda | 222 |
| 39 | Eritrea | 216 |
| 40 | Guinea-Bissau | 208 |
| 41 | South Africa | 200 |
| 42 | Ethiopia | 198 |
| 43 | Sudan | 180 |
| 44 | Tanzania | 172 |
| 45 | Mauritius | 161 |
| 46 | Rwanda | 160 |
| 47 | Liberia | 158 |
| 48 | Botswana | 140 |
| 49 | Burundi | 140 |
| 50 | Zambia | 132 |
| 51 | Chad | 122 |
| 52 | Djibouti | 114 |
| 53 | Swaziland | 104 |
| 54 | Cape Verde | 100 |
| 55 | Comoros | 100 |
| 56 | Seychelles | 76 |
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