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

Lesotho: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 57.03 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
57.03
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
157th
of 188 countries
All-time high
57.5
in 2008
All-time low
20.4
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

02040602005201220192005: 20.42006: 20.42007: 54.72008: 57.52009: 57.52010: 57.42011: 57.52012: 57.52013: 57.52014: 57.52015: 57.52016: 57.52017: 56.12018: 572019: 57

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Lesotho stood at 57.03.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Lesotho peaked at 57.5 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 20.4, in 2005.

Lesotho ranks 157th of 188 countries on this measure, 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 42.1 20.4 57.5 5
2010s 57.26 56.11 57.5 10

Countries ranked near Lesotho

  1. 154 Iraq 59.35 compare
  2. 155 Dominican Republic 58.58 compare
  3. 156 Gambia 57.19 compare
  4. 158 Ukraine 56.96 compare
  5. 159 Poland 55.95 compare
  6. 160 Syria 55.64 compare

See the full ranking of 190 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Lesotho?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Lesotho was 57.03 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Lesotho?
The highest recorded value was 57.5 in 2008.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Lesotho?
The lowest recorded value was 20.4 in 2005.
How does Lesotho rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Lesotho ranks 157th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Lesotho?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Lesotho 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.