Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Burundi

Burundi: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 71.72 in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
71.72
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
122nd
of 191 countries
All-time high
85.94
in 2005
All-time low
65.22
in 2011
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Burundi, 2005–2019

0204060802005201220192005: 85.92006: 85.92007: 85.92008: 85.92009: 85.92010: 752011: 65.22012: 65.22013: 65.22014: 65.22015: 65.22016: 71.72017: 71.72018: 71.72019: 71.7

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Burundi stood at 71.72.

That represents a change of down 16.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Burundi peaked at 85.94 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 65.22, in 2011.

Burundi ranks 122nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.

Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Burundi, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Burundi, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 85.94 —
2006 85.94 +0.0%
2007 85.94 +0.0%
2008 85.94 +0.0%
2009 85.94 +0.0%
2010 74.96 -12.8%
2011 65.22 -13.0%
2012 65.22 +0.0%
2013 65.22 +0.0%
2014 65.22 +0.0%
2015 65.22 +0.0%
2016 71.72 +10.0%
2017 71.72 +0.0%
2018 71.72 +0.0%
2019 71.72 +0.0%

Burundi compared with similar countries

  • Burundi's 71.72 is above the median for low income countries, which is 67.54, 1.1× the median. (24 countries reporting)
  • Burundi's 71.72 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 70.94, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 85.94 85.94 85.94 5
2010s 68.79 65.22 74.96 10

Countries ranked near Burundi

  1. 119 Ghana 72.64 compare
  2. 120 Thailand 72.18 compare
  3. 121 Czechia 72.02 compare
  4. 123 Slovenia 71.56 compare
  5. 124 Israel 71.41 compare
  6. 124 East Timor 71.41 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Burundi?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Burundi was 71.72 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Burundi?
The highest recorded value was 85.94 in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Burundi?
The lowest recorded value was 65.22 in 2011.
How does Burundi rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Burundi ranks 122nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Burundi?
Over the last ten years it is down 16.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Burundi data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 2,794 data points, 2005–2019
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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.