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

Rwanda: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 93.59 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
93.59
Change on year
up 0.8%
World rank
20th
of 191 countries
All-time high
93.59
in 2019
All-time low
81.61
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060801002005201220192005: 81.62006: 81.62007: 81.62008: 82.82009: 82.82010: 84.72011: 84.72012: 86.92013: 88.62014: 89.22015: 90.72016: 88.42017: 932018: 92.82019: 93.6

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Rwanda stood at 93.59. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 13.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Rwanda peaked at 93.59 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 81.61, in 2005.

Rwanda ranks 20th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Rwanda, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 81.61 —
2006 81.61 +0.0%
2007 81.61 +0.0%
2008 82.84 +1.5%
2009 82.84 +0.0%
2010 84.7 +2.2%
2011 84.7 +0.0%
2012 86.86 +2.6%
2013 88.56 +2.0%
2014 89.18 +0.7%
2015 90.73 +1.7%
2016 88.41 -2.6%
2017 92.97 +5.2%
2018 92.81 -0.2%
2019 93.59 +0.8%

Rwanda compared with similar countries

  • Rwanda's 93.59 is above the median for low income countries, which is 67.54, 1.4× the median. (24 countries reporting)
  • Rwanda's 93.59 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 70.94, 1.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 82.1 81.61 82.84 5
2010s 89.25 84.7 93.59 10

Countries ranked near Rwanda

  1. 17 Ireland 94.98 compare
  2. 18 Seychelles 94.44 compare
  3. 19 Finland 93.66 compare
  4. 21 Lithuania 92.89 compare
  5. 22 Jordan 92.66 compare
  6. 23 Kuwait 92.43 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 Rwanda?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Rwanda was 93.59 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Rwanda?
The highest recorded value was 93.59 in 2019.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Rwanda?
The lowest recorded value was 81.61 in 2005.
How does Rwanda rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Rwanda ranks 20th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Rwanda?
Over the last ten years it is up 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Rwanda 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.