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

Egypt: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 50.39 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
50.39
Change on year
up 7.2%
World rank
165th
of 188 countries
All-time high
50.39
in 2019
All-time low
0
in 2007
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

02040602005201220192005: 29.72006: 15.52007: 02008: 02009: 33.42010: 40.62011: 40.62012: 472013: 472014: 472015: 472016: 472017: 472018: 472019: 50.4

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Egypt stood at 50.39. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

The figure is up 7.2% on the previous year and up 50.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Egypt peaked at 50.39 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0, in 2007.

That places Egypt 165th 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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 15.72 0 33.38 5
2010s 46.06 40.65 50.39 10

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Egypt?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Egypt was 50.39 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Egypt?
The highest recorded value was 50.39 in 2019.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Egypt?
The lowest recorded value was 0 in 2007.
How does Egypt rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Egypt ranks 165th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Egypt?
Over the last ten years it is up 50.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Egypt 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

Indicator
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 2,783 data points, 2005–2019
Last refreshed

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.