Eswatini vs Sri Lanka: Paying taxes: Time

Eswatini
122 hours per year
in 2019
Sri Lanka
129 hours per year
in 2019
Eswatini rank
155th
Sri Lanka rank
152nd

Paying taxes: Time over time

  • Eswatini
  • Sri Lanka
0100200300200520122019

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 129 hours per year against 122 hours per year in Eswatini, a difference of 7 hours per year.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Eswatini's.

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

Eswatini ranks 155th and Sri Lanka ranks 152nd of 190 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Eswatini Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
2000s 116 hours per year 262 hours per year 146 hours per year Sri Lanka
2010s 120.2 hours per year 193.35 hours per year 73.15 hours per year Sri Lanka

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher paying taxes: time, Eswatini or Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka, at 129 hours per year against 122 hours per year in Eswatini as of 2019.
What is the difference in paying taxes: time between Eswatini and Sri Lanka?
7 hours per year, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Sri Lanka?
15 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2019.
How do Eswatini and Sri Lanka rank globally for paying taxes: time?
Eswatini ranks 155th and Sri Lanka ranks 152nd of 190 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
190 places, 2,789 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.