Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Kenya
Kenya: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 79.83 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Kenya, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Kenya is 79.83, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is up 93.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Kenya peaked at 79.83 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 38.95, in 2006.
That places Kenya 82nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Kenya, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 48.22 | — |
| 2006 | 38.95 | -19.2% |
| 2007 | 38.95 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 41.27 | +6.0% |
| 2009 | 41.27 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 44.98 | +9.0% |
| 2011 | 44.98 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 53.17 | +18.2% |
| 2013 | 58.19 | +9.4% |
| 2014 | 74.58 | +28.2% |
| 2015 | 74.58 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 77.36 | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 78.9 | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 79.83 | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 79.83 | +0.0% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 79.83 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 72.95, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 79.83 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 70.94, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Kenya changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +28.2% | 58.19 | 74.58 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 41.73 | 38.95 | 48.22 | 5 |
| 2010s | 66.64 | 44.98 | 79.83 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 80 United States 80.53 compare
- 81 Antigua and Barbuda 80.22 compare
- 83 Cape Verde 79.75 compare
- 83 Sudan 79.75 compare
- 85 Lebanon 79.6 compare
- 85 Uzbekistan 79.6 compare
More reference data data for Kenya
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.5379 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 12.22 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 14.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.377 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 14.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.8 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.1 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 58.05 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 68.95 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.05 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Kenya?
- Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Kenya was 79.83 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 79.83 in 2018.
- What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 38.95 in 2006.
- How does Kenya rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
- Kenya ranks 82nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 93.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya 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.