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

Morocco: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 83.62 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
83.62
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
60th
of 191 countries
All-time high
83.62
in 2017
All-time low
52.24
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060802005201220192005: 52.22006: 52.22007: 52.22008: 52.22009: 52.22010: 52.22011: 70.82012: 70.82013: 71.72014: 71.72015: 752016: 752017: 83.62018: 83.62019: 83.6

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Morocco recorded 83.62 for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 60.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Morocco peaked at 83.62 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 52.24, in 2005.

Morocco ranks 60th 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 Morocco, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Morocco, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 52.24 —
2006 52.24 +0.0%
2007 52.24 +0.0%
2008 52.24 +0.0%
2009 52.24 +0.0%
2010 52.24 +0.0%
2011 70.79 +35.5%
2012 70.79 +0.0%
2013 71.72 +1.3%
2014 71.72 +0.0%
2015 74.96 +4.5%
2016 74.96 +0.0%
2017 83.62 +11.5%
2018 83.62 +0.0%
2019 83.62 +0.0%

Morocco compared with similar countries

  • Morocco's 83.62 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 72.95, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Morocco's 83.62 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 80.68, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 52.24 52.24 52.24 5
2010s 73.8 52.24 83.62 10

Countries ranked near Morocco

  1. 57 Saudi Arabia 84.08 compare
  2. 58 Kosovo 83.85 compare
  3. 58 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 83.85 compare
  4. 60 Bahamas 83.62 compare
  5. 62 United Arab Emirates 83.15 compare
  6. 62 Zambia 83.15 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 Morocco?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Morocco was 83.62 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Morocco?
The highest recorded value was 83.62 in 2017.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Morocco?
The lowest recorded value was 52.24 in 2005.
How does Morocco rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Morocco ranks 60th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Morocco?
Over the last ten years it is up 60.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Morocco 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
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.