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

Seychelles: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 94.44 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
94.44
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
18th
of 191 countries
All-time high
95.83
in 2005
All-time low
93.97
in 2014
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060801002005201220192005: 95.82006: 95.82007: 95.82008: 95.82009: 95.82010: 95.82011: 95.82012: 95.82013: 95.82014: 942015: 94.42016: 94.42017: 94.42018: 94.42019: 94.4

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Seychelles stood at 94.44.

The figure is down 1.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Seychelles peaked at 95.83 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 93.97, in 2014.

Seychelles ranks 18th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Seychelles, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 95.83 —
2006 95.83 +0.0%
2007 95.83 +0.0%
2008 95.83 +0.0%
2009 95.83 +0.0%
2010 95.83 +0.0%
2011 95.83 +0.0%
2012 95.83 +0.0%
2013 95.83 +0.0%
2014 93.97 -1.9%
2015 94.44 +0.5%
2016 94.44 +0.0%
2017 94.44 +0.0%
2018 94.44 +0.0%
2019 94.44 +0.0%

Seychelles compared with similar countries

  • Seychelles's 94.44 is above the median for high income countries, which is 85.7, 1.1× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Seychelles's 94.44 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 95.83 95.83 95.83 5
2010s 94.95 93.97 95.83 10

Countries ranked near Seychelles

  1. 15 Norway 95.36 compare
  2. 16 Solomon Islands 95.21 compare
  3. 17 Ireland 94.98 compare
  4. 19 Finland 93.66 compare
  5. 20 Rwanda 93.59 compare
  6. 21 Lithuania 92.89 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 Seychelles?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Seychelles was 94.44 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Seychelles?
The highest recorded value was 95.83 in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Seychelles?
The lowest recorded value was 93.97 in 2014.
How does Seychelles rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Seychelles ranks 18th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Seychelles?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Seychelles 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.