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

Uganda: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 77.43 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
77.43
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
92nd
of 188 countries
All-time high
82.69
in 2009
All-time low
70.94
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060802005201220192005: 70.92006: 70.92007: 70.92008: 73.32009: 82.72010: 82.72011: 74.72012: 74.72013: 75.32014: 75.32015: 75.32016: 77.42017: 77.42018: 77.42019: 77.4

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Uganda recorded 77.43 for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Uganda peaked at 82.69 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 70.94, in 2005.

Uganda ranks 92nd of 188 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 73.76 70.94 82.69 5
2010s 76.75 74.65 82.69 10

Countries ranked near Uganda

  1. 89 Indonesia 78.05 compare
  2. 90 Slovakia 77.9 compare
  3. 91 Greece 77.74 compare
  4. 93 Suriname 76.82 compare
  5. 94 Mozambique 76.66 compare
  6. 94 Tonga 76.66 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Uganda?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Uganda was 77.43 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Uganda?
The highest recorded value was 82.69 in 2009.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Uganda?
The lowest recorded value was 70.94 in 2005.
How does Uganda rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Uganda ranks 92nd out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Uganda?
Over the last ten years it is down 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Uganda 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

Indicator
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 2,783 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.