Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Congo
Congo: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 14.53 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Congo, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Congo is 14.53, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Congo peaked at 14.53 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 13.91, in 2005.
That places Congo 179th out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.91 | 13.91 | 13.91 | 5 |
| 2010s | 14.34 | 13.91 | 14.53 | 10 |
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- Temperature anomalies by month 0.8729 °C (2026)
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- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure left on Pa 241.83 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 490.66 (2050)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Congo?
- Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Congo was 14.53 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 14.53 in 2013.
- What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.91 in 2005.
- How does Congo rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
- Congo ranks 179th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
- Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Congo 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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About this data
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.