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

Cape Verde: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 79.75 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
79.75
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
83rd
of 191 countries
All-time high
79.75
in 2015
All-time low
78.83
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060802005201220192005: 78.82006: 78.82007: 78.82008: 78.82009: 78.82010: 78.82011: 78.82012: 78.82013: 78.82014: 78.82015: 79.82016: 79.82017: 79.82018: 79.82019: 79.8

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Cape Verde recorded 79.75 for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Cape Verde peaked at 79.75 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 78.83, in 2005.

Cape Verde ranks 83rd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Cape Verde, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 78.83 —
2006 78.83 +0.0%
2007 78.83 +0.0%
2008 78.83 +0.0%
2009 78.83 +0.0%
2010 78.83 +0.0%
2011 78.83 +0.0%
2012 78.83 +0.0%
2013 78.83 +0.0%
2014 78.83 +0.0%
2015 79.75 +1.2%
2016 79.75 +0.0%
2017 79.75 +0.0%
2018 79.75 +0.0%
2019 79.75 +0.0%

Cape Verde compared with similar countries

  • Cape Verde's 79.75 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 74.65, 1.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Cape Verde's 79.75 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 70.94, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 78.83 78.83 78.83 5
2010s 79.29 78.83 79.75 10

Countries ranked near Cape Verde

  1. 80 United States 80.53 compare
  2. 81 Antigua and Barbuda 80.22 compare
  3. 82 Kenya 79.83 compare
  4. 83 Sudan 79.75 compare
  5. 85 Lebanon 79.6 compare
  6. 85 Uzbekistan 79.6 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 Cape Verde?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Cape Verde was 79.75 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Cape Verde?
The highest recorded value was 79.75 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Cape Verde?
The lowest recorded value was 78.83 in 2005.
How does Cape Verde rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Cape Verde ranks 83rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Cape Verde?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Cape Verde 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.