Paying taxes: Time in Bahrain

Bahrain: Paying taxes: Time was 22.5 hours per year in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
22.5 hours per year
Change on year
down 21.1%
World rank
190th
of 190 countries
All-time high
28.5 hours per year
in 2017
All-time low
22.5 hours per year
in 2019
Years of data
13
2007–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Bahrain, 2007–2019

01020302007201320192007: 27 hours per year2008: 27 hours per year2009: 27 hours per year2010: 27 hours per year2011: 27 hours per year2012: 27 hours per year2013: 27 hours per year2014: 27 hours per year2015: 27 hours per year2016: 27 hours per year2017: 28.5 hours per year2018: 28.5 hours per year2019: 22.5 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

Bahrain recorded 22.5 hours per year for paying taxes: time in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.

That represents a change of down 21.1% on the previous year and down 16.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Bahrain peaked at 28.5 hours per year in 2017 and was at its lowest, 22.5 hours per year, in 2019.

That places Bahrain 190th out of 190 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Paying taxes: Time in Bahrain, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) in Bahrain, 2007 to 2019.
Year hours per year Change
2007 27 hours per year —
2008 27 hours per year +0.0%
2009 27 hours per year +0.0%
2010 27 hours per year +0.0%
2011 27 hours per year +0.0%
2012 27 hours per year +0.0%
2013 27 hours per year +0.0%
2014 27 hours per year +0.0%
2015 27 hours per year +0.0%
2016 27 hours per year +0.0%
2017 28.5 hours per year +5.6%
2018 28.5 hours per year +0.0%
2019 22.5 hours per year -21.1%

Bahrain compared with similar countries

  • Bahrain's 22.5 hours per year is below the median for high income countries, which is 141.5 hours per year, 16% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Bahrain's 22.5 hours per year is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 174 hours per year, 13% of the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 27 hours per year 27 hours per year 27 hours per year 3
2010s 26.85 hours per year 22.5 hours per year 28.5 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Bahrain

  1. 187 Estonia 50 hours per year compare
  2. 188 Qatar 41 hours per year compare
  3. 189 Hong Kong 34.5 hours per year compare

See the full ranking of 190 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Bahrain?
Paying taxes: time in Bahrain was 22.5 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Bahrain?
The highest recorded value was 28.5 hours per year in 2017.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Bahrain?
The lowest recorded value was 22.5 hours per year in 2019.
How does Bahrain rank for paying taxes: time?
Bahrain ranks 190th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Bahrain?
Over the last ten years it is down 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Bahrain data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes: Time (hours per year). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year)
Unit
hours per year
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 2,789 data points, 2005–2019
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The time to comply with tax laws measures the time taken to prepare, ?le and pay three major types of taxes and contributions: the corporate income tax, value added or sales tax and labor taxes, including payroll taxes and social contributions.