Norway vs Seychelles: Paying taxes: Time

Norway
79 hours per year
in 2019
Seychelles
85 hours per year
in 2019
Norway rank
176th
Seychelles rank
173rd

Paying taxes: Time over time

  • Norway
  • Seychelles
020406080200520122019

How they compare

Seychelles currently reports 85 hours per year against 79 hours per year in Norway, a difference of 6 hours per year.

That makes Seychelles's figure about 1.1 times Norway's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 15 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Norway ahead.

Norway ranks 176th and Seychelles ranks 173rd of 190 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Norway Seychelles Difference Ahead
2000s 87 hours per year 76 hours per year 11 hours per year Norway
2010s 83.4 hours per year 81.7 hours per year 1.7 hours per year Norway

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher paying taxes: time, Norway or Seychelles?
Seychelles, at 85 hours per year against 79 hours per year in Norway as of 2019.
What is the difference in paying taxes: time between Norway and Seychelles?
6 hours per year, with Seychelles ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and Seychelles?
15 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2019.
How do Norway and Seychelles rank globally for paying taxes: time?
Norway ranks 176th and Seychelles ranks 173rd 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.