What is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Malawi?

Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Malawi was 81.45 in 2019, according to the World Bank.

What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Malawi?

The highest recorded value was 82.38 in 2009.

What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Malawi?

The lowest recorded value was 49.46 in 2005.

How does Malawi rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?

Malawi ranks 69th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.

Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Malawi?

Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Malawi 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.

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

Name: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Malawi
Creator: World Bank
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Malawi: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 81.45 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)

81.45

Change on year

up 1.6%

World rank

69th

of 188 countries

All-time high

82.38

in 2009

All-time low

49.46

in 2005

Years of data

2005–2019

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

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Malawi recorded 81.45 for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in 2019.

That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and down 1.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Malawi peaked at 82.38 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 49.46, in 2005.

Malawi ranks 69th of 188 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.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
2000s	58.45	49.46	82.38	5
2010s	80.35	79.21	82.38	10

Countries ranked near Malawi

66 El Salvador 81.61 compare
66 Kiribati 81.61 compare
68 Latvia 81.53 compare
70 Belarus 81.3 compare
70 Turkey 81.3 compare
72 Philippines 81.14 compare

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More reference data data for Malawi

Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1596 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.09 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 3.71 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.3426 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 3.71 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.5353 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.6012 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 4.92 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 16.7 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.87 (2050)

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Malawi?: Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Malawi was 81.45 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Malawi?: The highest recorded value was 82.38 in 2009.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Malawi?: The lowest recorded value was 49.46 in 2005.
How does Malawi rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?: Malawi ranks 69th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Malawi?: Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Malawi 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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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: 10 August 2026

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.