Bulgaria vs Congo: Paying taxes: Time

Bulgaria
441 hours per year
in 2019
Congo
602 hours per year
in 2019
Bulgaria rank
12th
Congo rank
9th

Paying taxes: Time over time

  • Bulgaria
  • Congo
0200400600200520122019

How they compare

Congo currently reports 602 hours per year against 441 hours per year in Bulgaria, a difference of 161 hours per year.

That makes Congo's figure about 1.4 times Bulgaria's.

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

Bulgaria ranks 12th and Congo ranks 9th of 187 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria Congo Difference Ahead
2000s 598 hours per year 606 hours per year 8 hours per year Congo
2010s 464.1 hours per year 603.2 hours per year 139.1 hours per year Congo

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher paying taxes: time, Bulgaria or Congo?
Congo, at 602 hours per year against 441 hours per year in Bulgaria as of 2019.
What is the difference in paying taxes: time between Bulgaria and Congo?
161 hours per year, with Congo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Congo?
15 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2019.
How do Bulgaria and Congo rank globally for paying taxes: time?
Bulgaria ranks 12th and Congo ranks 9th of 187 countries.
Where does this data come from?
The World Bank, published as Paying taxes: Time (hours per year). 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)
Unit
hours per year
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
189 places, 2,778 data points, 2005–2019
Last refreshed

The time to comply with tax laws measures the time taken to prepare, ?le and pay three major types of taxes and contributions: the corporate income tax, value added or sales tax and labor taxes, including payroll taxes and social contributions.