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

Namibia: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 60.9 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
60.9
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
155th
of 191 countries
All-time high
60.9
in 2015
All-time low
55.18
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

02040602005201220192005: 55.22006: 55.22007: 55.22008: 55.22009: 55.22010: 55.22011: 55.22012: 592013: 592014: 592015: 60.92016: 60.92017: 60.92018: 60.92019: 60.9

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Namibia recorded 60.9 for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

The figure is up 10.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Namibia peaked at 60.9 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 55.18, in 2005.

That places Namibia 155th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.

Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Namibia, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Namibia, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 55.18 —
2006 55.18 +0.0%
2007 55.18 +0.0%
2008 55.18 +0.0%
2009 55.18 +0.0%
2010 55.18 +0.0%
2011 55.18 +0.0%
2012 59.04 +7.0%
2013 59.04 +0.0%
2014 59.04 +0.0%
2015 60.9 +3.1%
2016 60.9 +0.0%
2017 60.9 +0.0%
2018 60.9 +0.0%
2019 60.9 +0.0%

Namibia compared with similar countries

  • Namibia's 60.9 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 72.95, 83% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Namibia's 60.9 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 70.94, 86% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 55.18 55.18 55.18 5
2010s 59.2 55.18 60.9 10

Countries ranked near Namibia

  1. 152 Chile 61.82 compare
  2. 153 Ethiopia 61.21 compare
  3. 153 Montenegro 61.21 compare
  4. 156 Argentina 59.43 compare
  5. 157 Iraq 59.35 compare
  6. 158 Dominican Republic 58.58 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 Namibia?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Namibia was 60.9 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Namibia?
The highest recorded value was 60.9 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Namibia?
The lowest recorded value was 55.18 in 2005.
How does Namibia rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Namibia ranks 155th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Namibia?
Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Namibia 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.