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

1Brazil2,600
2Cameroon1,400
3Bolivia1,080
4Vietnam1,050
5Armenia958
6Nigeria938
7Belarus900
8Venezuela864
9Ukraine736
10Mauritania696
11Senegal666
12Bulgaria616
13Czech Republic613
14Republic of the Congo606
15Ecuador600
16Pakistan560
17Mexico517
18China504
19Central African Republic504
20Panama482
21Egypt480
22Argentina453
23Algeria451
24Sao Tome and Principe424
25Bosnia and Herzegovina422
26Latin America & Caribbean418.93
27Kenya417
28Guinea416
29Jamaica414
30Poland395
31Georgia387
32Peru380
33Azerbaijan376
34Gambia376
35Namibia375
36Montenegro372
37Europe & Central Asia364.96
38Laos362
39Morocco358
40Sierra Leone357
41Uzbekistan356
42Japan355
43Upper middle income352.31
44Iran344
45Guatemala344
46Middle income340.84
47Nepal338
48Syria336
49Uruguay336
50Italy334
51Lower middle income331.93
52Hungary330
53Portugal328
54Paraguay328
55Low & middle income326.10
56Dominican Republic324
57Lesotho324
58Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)323.10
59El Salvador320
60Russia320
61Chile316
62Iraq312
63Democratic Republic of the Congo308
64Sub-Saharan Africa306.24
65Bangladesh302
66Equatorial Guinea296
67Low income290.73
68Guyana288
69South Asia284.50
70Costa Rica282
71Latvia279
72Serbia279
73Timor-Leste276
74Middle East & North Africa275.50
75Afghanistan275
76Bhutan274
77Gabon272
78Angola272
79India271
80Kazakhstan271
81Mali270
82Togo270
83Benin270
84Burkina Faso270
85Niger270
86Ivory Coast270
87Zimbabwe270
88Indonesia266
89Thailand264
90Slovenia260
91Slovakia257
92Sri Lanka256
93Least developed countries: UN classification251.96
94North Korea250
95South Korea250
96Yemen248
97Albania244
98East Asia & Pacific243.15
99Finland243
100Nicaragua240
101Mozambique230
102Israel230
103Moldova228
104Tunisia228
105Ghana224
106Greece224
107Honduras224
108Tajikistan224
109Samoa224
110Turkey223
111Puerto Rico218
112Eritrea216
113Spain213
114Guinea-Bissau208
115Colombia208
116Antigua and Barbuda207
117Kyrgyzstan202
118Romania202
119Madagascar201
120South Africa200
121Suriname199
122Ethiopia198
123Euro area197.40
124Croatia196
125Germany196
126Philippines195
127High income: OECD194.07
128Papua New Guinea194
129Mongolia192
130United States187
131Lebanon180
132Sudan180
133Cambodia173
134Tanzania172
135Austria170
136High income169.81
137Lithuania166
138Netherlands164
139Tonga164
140Kosovo163
141Mauritius161
142Uganda161
143Rwanda160
144Haiti160
145Liberia158
146Malawi157
147Belgium156
148St. Kitts and Nevis155
149West Bank and Gaza154
150Fiji150
151Cyprus149
152Belize147
153Malaysia145
154Brunei Darussalam144
155Burundi140
156Botswana140
157Iceland140
158Grenada140
159High income: nonOECD137.05
160Denmark135
161France132
162Zambia132
163Palau128
164Marshall Islands128
165Micronesia128
166Chad122
167Sweden122
168Kiribati120
169Vanuatu120
170Dominica120
171Canada119
172Kuwait118
173St. Vincent and the Grenadines117
174Djibouti114
175Trinidad and Tobago114
176United Kingdom110
177Australia107
178Swaziland104
179Jordan101
180Cape Verde100
181Comoros100
182St. Lucia92
183Norway87
184Singapore84
185Estonia81
186Solomon Islands80
187Hong Kong80
188Saudi Arabia79
189Seychelles76
190Ireland76
191Macedonia75
192New Zealand70
193Switzerland63
194Oman62
195Luxembourg59
196Bahamas58
197Bahrain36
198Qatar36
199United Arab Emirates12
200Maldives0
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