Time to prepare and pay taxes (hours) - Business environment - Private Sector & Trade - World 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.
Time to prepare and pay taxes (hours) - Business environment - Private Sector & Trade - World Development Indicators (2009) |
Rank | Country | Value |
1 | Brazil | 2,600 |
2 | Cameroon | 1,400 |
3 | Bolivia | 1,080 |
4 | Vietnam | 1,050 |
5 | Armenia | 958 |
6 | Nigeria | 938 |
7 | Belarus | 900 |
8 | Venezuela | 864 |
9 | Ukraine | 736 |
10 | Mauritania | 696 |
11 | Senegal | 666 |
12 | Bulgaria | 616 |
13 | Czech Republic | 613 |
14 | Republic of the Congo | 606 |
15 | Ecuador | 600 |
16 | Pakistan | 560 |
17 | Mexico | 517 |
18 | China | 504 |
19 | Central African Republic | 504 |
20 | Panama | 482 |
21 | Egypt | 480 |
22 | Argentina | 453 |
23 | Algeria | 451 |
24 | Sao Tome and Principe | 424 |
25 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 422 |
26 | Latin America & Caribbean | 418.93 |
27 | Kenya | 417 |
28 | Guinea | 416 |
29 | Jamaica | 414 |
30 | Poland | 395 |
31 | Georgia | 387 |
32 | Peru | 380 |
33 | Azerbaijan | 376 |
34 | Gambia | 376 |
35 | Namibia | 375 |
36 | Montenegro | 372 |
37 | Europe & Central Asia | 364.96 |
38 | Laos | 362 |
39 | Morocco | 358 |
40 | Sierra Leone | 357 |
41 | Uzbekistan | 356 |
42 | Japan | 355 |
43 | Upper middle income | 352.31 |
44 | Iran | 344 |
45 | Guatemala | 344 |
46 | Middle income | 340.84 |
47 | Nepal | 338 |
48 | Syria | 336 |
49 | Uruguay | 336 |
50 | Italy | 334 |
51 | Lower middle income | 331.93 |
52 | Hungary | 330 |
53 | Portugal | 328 |
54 | Paraguay | 328 |
55 | Low & middle income | 326.10 |
56 | Dominican Republic | 324 |
57 | Lesotho | 324 |
58 | Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) | 323.10 |
59 | El Salvador | 320 |
60 | Russia | 320 |
61 | Chile | 316 |
62 | Iraq | 312 |
63 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 308 |
64 | Sub-Saharan Africa | 306.24 |
65 | Bangladesh | 302 |
66 | Equatorial Guinea | 296 |
67 | Low income | 290.73 |
68 | Guyana | 288 |
69 | South Asia | 284.50 |
70 | Costa Rica | 282 |
71 | Latvia | 279 |
72 | Serbia | 279 |
73 | Timor-Leste | 276 |
74 | Middle East & North Africa | 275.50 |
75 | Afghanistan | 275 |
76 | Bhutan | 274 |
77 | Gabon | 272 |
78 | Angola | 272 |
79 | India | 271 |
80 | Kazakhstan | 271 |
81 | Mali | 270 |
82 | Togo | 270 |
83 | Benin | 270 |
84 | Burkina Faso | 270 |
85 | Niger | 270 |
86 | Ivory Coast | 270 |
87 | Zimbabwe | 270 |
88 | Indonesia | 266 |
89 | Thailand | 264 |
90 | Slovenia | 260 |
91 | Slovakia | 257 |
92 | Sri Lanka | 256 |
93 | Least developed countries: UN classification | 251.96 |
94 | North Korea | 250 |
95 | South Korea | 250 |
96 | Yemen | 248 |
97 | Albania | 244 |
98 | East Asia & Pacific | 243.15 |
99 | Finland | 243 |
100 | Nicaragua | 240 |
101 | Mozambique | 230 |
102 | Israel | 230 |
103 | Moldova | 228 |
104 | Tunisia | 228 |
105 | Ghana | 224 |
106 | Greece | 224 |
107 | Honduras | 224 |
108 | Tajikistan | 224 |
109 | Samoa | 224 |
110 | Turkey | 223 |
111 | Puerto Rico | 218 |
112 | Eritrea | 216 |
113 | Spain | 213 |
114 | Guinea-Bissau | 208 |
115 | Colombia | 208 |
116 | Antigua and Barbuda | 207 |
117 | Kyrgyzstan | 202 |
118 | Romania | 202 |
119 | Madagascar | 201 |
120 | South Africa | 200 |
121 | Suriname | 199 |
122 | Ethiopia | 198 |
123 | Euro area | 197.40 |
124 | Croatia | 196 |
125 | Germany | 196 |
126 | Philippines | 195 |
127 | High income: OECD | 194.07 |
128 | Papua New Guinea | 194 |
129 | Mongolia | 192 |
130 | United States | 187 |
131 | Lebanon | 180 |
132 | Sudan | 180 |
133 | Cambodia | 173 |
134 | Tanzania | 172 |
135 | Austria | 170 |
136 | High income | 169.81 |
137 | Lithuania | 166 |
138 | Netherlands | 164 |
139 | Tonga | 164 |
140 | Kosovo | 163 |
141 | Mauritius | 161 |
142 | Uganda | 161 |
143 | Rwanda | 160 |
144 | Haiti | 160 |
145 | Liberia | 158 |
146 | Malawi | 157 |
147 | Belgium | 156 |
148 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 155 |
149 | West Bank and Gaza | 154 |
150 | Fiji | 150 |
151 | Cyprus | 149 |
152 | Belize | 147 |
153 | Malaysia | 145 |
154 | Brunei Darussalam | 144 |
155 | Burundi | 140 |
156 | Botswana | 140 |
157 | Iceland | 140 |
158 | Grenada | 140 |
159 | High income: nonOECD | 137.05 |
160 | Denmark | 135 |
161 | France | 132 |
162 | Zambia | 132 |
163 | Palau | 128 |
164 | Marshall Islands | 128 |
165 | Micronesia | 128 |
166 | Chad | 122 |
167 | Sweden | 122 |
168 | Kiribati | 120 |
169 | Vanuatu | 120 |
170 | Dominica | 120 |
171 | Canada | 119 |
172 | Kuwait | 118 |
173 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 117 |
174 | Djibouti | 114 |
175 | Trinidad and Tobago | 114 |
176 | United Kingdom | 110 |
177 | Australia | 107 |
178 | Swaziland | 104 |
179 | Jordan | 101 |
180 | Cape Verde | 100 |
181 | Comoros | 100 |
182 | St. Lucia | 92 |
183 | Norway | 87 |
184 | Singapore | 84 |
185 | Estonia | 81 |
186 | Solomon Islands | 80 |
187 | Hong Kong | 80 |
188 | Saudi Arabia | 79 |
189 | Seychelles | 76 |
190 | Ireland | 76 |
191 | Macedonia | 75 |
192 | New Zealand | 70 |
193 | Switzerland | 63 |
194 | Oman | 62 |
195 | Luxembourg | 59 |
196 | Bahamas | 58 |
197 | Bahrain | 36 |
198 | Qatar | 36 |
199 | United Arab Emirates | 12 |
200 | Maldives | 0 |
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