Paying taxes: Time in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Paying taxes: Time was 435 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
435 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
13th
of 187 countries
All-time high
520 hours per year
in 2005
All-time low
422 hours per year
in 2008
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Bangladesh, 2005–2019

02004006002005201220192005: 520 hours per year2006: 520 hours per year2007: 520 hours per year2008: 422 hours per year2009: 422 hours per year2010: 422 hours per year2011: 422 hours per year2012: 422 hours per year2013: 422 hours per year2014: 422 hours per year2015: 422 hours per year2016: 435 hours per year2017: 435 hours per year2018: 435 hours per year2019: 435 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

Bangladesh recorded 435 hours per year for paying taxes: time in 2019.

That represents a change of up 3.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Bangladesh peaked at 520 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 422 hours per year, in 2008.

Bangladesh ranks 13th of 187 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 480.8 hours per year 422 hours per year 520 hours per year 5
2010s 427.2 hours per year 422 hours per year 435 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Bangladesh

  1. 10 Equatorial Guinea 492 hours per year compare
  2. 11 Central African Republic 483 hours per year compare
  3. 12 Bulgaria 441 hours per year compare
  4. 14 Sao Tome and Principe 424 hours per year compare
  5. 15 Senegal 416 hours per year compare
  6. 16 Bosnia and Herzegovina 411 hours per year compare

See the full ranking of 189 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Bangladesh?
Paying taxes: time in Bangladesh was 435 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Bangladesh?
The highest recorded value was 520 hours per year in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Bangladesh?
The lowest recorded value was 422 hours per year in 2008.
How does Bangladesh rank for paying taxes: time?
Bangladesh ranks 13th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Bangladesh?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Bangladesh 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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About this data

Indicator
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year)
Unit
hours per year
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
189 places, 2,778 data points, 2005–2019
Last refreshed

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.