Kenya vs United States: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score

Kenya
79.83
in 2019
United States
80.53
in 2019
Kenya rank
79th
United States rank
77th

Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score over time

  • Kenya
  • United States
020406080200520122019

How they compare

United States currently reports 80.53 against 79.83 in Kenya, a difference of 0.7.

Across all 15 years both countries report, United States has been ahead every year.

Kenya ranks 79th and United States ranks 77th of 188 countries.

United States has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kenya United States Difference Ahead
2000s 41.73 65.87 24.14 United States
2010s 66.64 80.15 13.52 United States

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score, Kenya or United States?
United States, at 80.53 against 79.83 in Kenya as of 2019.
What is the difference in paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score between Kenya and United States?
0.7, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and United States?
15 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2019.
How do Kenya and United States rank globally for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Kenya ranks 79th and United States ranks 77th of 188 countries.
Where does this data come from?
The World Bank, published as Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 2,783 data points, 2005–2019
Last refreshed

The score for time to comply with tax laws benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.