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

Kenya: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 79.83 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
79.83
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
79th
of 188 countries
All-time high
79.83
in 2018
All-time low
38.95
in 2006
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060802005201220192005: 48.22006: 38.92007: 38.92008: 41.32009: 41.32010: 452011: 452012: 53.22013: 58.22014: 74.62015: 74.62016: 77.42017: 78.92018: 79.82019: 79.8

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 79th out of 188 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 41.73 38.95 48.22 5
2010s 66.64 44.98 79.83 10

Countries ranked near Kenya

  1. 77 United States 80.53 compare
  2. 78 Antigua and Barbuda 80.22 compare
  3. 80 Cape Verde 79.75 compare
  4. 80 Sudan 79.75 compare
  5. 82 Lebanon 79.6 compare
  6. 82 Uzbekistan 79.6 compare

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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 79th out of 188 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

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.