Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 54.56 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Sierra Leone, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Sierra Leone stood at 54.56.
That represents a change of down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Sierra Leone peaked at 55.49 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 48.38, in 2005.
Sierra Leone ranks 164th of 191 countries on this measure, 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 Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 48.38 | — |
| 2006 | 48.38 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 48.38 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 48.38 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 54.87 | +13.4% |
| 2010 | 54.87 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 54.87 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 54.87 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 55.49 | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 55.49 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 55.49 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 54.56 | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 54.56 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 54.56 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 54.56 | +0.0% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 54.56 is below the median for low income countries, which is 67.54, 81% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 54.56 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 70.94, 77% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 49.68 | 48.38 | 54.87 | 5 |
| 2010s | 54.93 | 54.56 | 55.49 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
More reference data data for Sierra Leone
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0238 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.4498 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.5935 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.12 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.5935 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0797 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.044 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.91 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.72 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.6534 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Sierra Leone?
- Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Sierra Leone was 54.56 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 55.49 in 2013.
- What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.38 in 2005.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
- Sierra Leone ranks 164th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone 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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About this data
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.