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

Madagascar: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 79.29 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
79.29
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
87th
of 191 countries
All-time high
79.29
in 2013
All-time low
45.75
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060802005201220192005: 45.72006: 60.62007: 70.82008: 70.82009: 76.52010: 76.52011: 76.52012: 76.52013: 79.32014: 79.32015: 79.32016: 79.32017: 79.32018: 79.32019: 79.3

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Madagascar stood at 79.29. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of up 3.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Madagascar peaked at 79.29 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 45.75, in 2005.

Madagascar ranks 87th of 191 countries on this measure, 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 Madagascar, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Madagascar, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 45.75 —
2006 60.59 +32.4%
2007 70.79 +16.8%
2008 70.79 +0.0%
2009 76.51 +8.1%
2010 76.51 +0.0%
2011 76.51 +0.0%
2012 76.51 +0.0%
2013 79.29 +3.6%
2014 79.29 +0.0%
2015 79.29 +0.0%
2016 79.29 +0.0%
2017 79.29 +0.0%
2018 79.29 +0.0%
2019 79.29 +0.0%

Madagascar compared with similar countries

  • Madagascar's 79.29 is above the median for low income countries, which is 67.54, 1.2× the median. (24 countries reporting)
  • Madagascar's 79.29 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 70.94, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 64.88 45.75 76.51 5
2010s 78.45 76.51 79.29 10

Countries ranked near Madagascar

  1. 85 Lebanon 79.6 compare
  2. 85 Uzbekistan 79.6 compare
  3. 87 Moldova 79.29 compare
  4. 89 Haiti 79.13 compare
  5. 90 Kazakhstan 78.83 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Madagascar?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Madagascar was 79.29 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Madagascar?
The highest recorded value was 79.29 in 2013.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Madagascar?
The lowest recorded value was 45.75 in 2005.
How does Madagascar rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Madagascar ranks 87th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Madagascar?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Madagascar 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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Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 2,794 data points, 2005–2019
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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.