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Paying taxes: Time in Botswana

Botswana: Paying taxes: Time was 120 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
120 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
155th
of 187 countries
All-time high
152 hours per year
in 2010
All-time low
120 hours per year
in 2017
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Botswana, 2005–2019

0501001502005201220192005: 140 hours per year2006: 140 hours per year2007: 140 hours per year2008: 140 hours per year2009: 140 hours per year2010: 152 hours per year2011: 152 hours per year2012: 152 hours per year2013: 152 hours per year2014: 152 hours per year2015: 152 hours per year2016: 152 hours per year2017: 120 hours per year2018: 120 hours per year2019: 120 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes: time in Botswana is 120 hours per year, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of down 14.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Botswana peaked at 152 hours per year in 2010 and was at its lowest, 120 hours per year, in 2017.

Botswana ranks 155th of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 140 hours per year 140 hours per year 140 hours per year 5
2010s 142.4 hours per year 120 hours per year 152 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Botswana

  1. 152 Micronesia (country) 128 hours per year compare
  2. 153 Eswatini 122 hours per year compare
  3. 153 Sweden 122 hours per year compare
  4. 155 Vanuatu 120 hours per year compare
  5. 157 Cyprus 119.5 hours per year compare
  6. 158 Netherlands 119 hours per year compare
  7. 158 North Macedonia 119 hours per year compare

See the full ranking of 189 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Botswana?
Paying taxes: time in Botswana was 120 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Botswana?
The highest recorded value was 152 hours per year in 2010.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Botswana?
The lowest recorded value was 120 hours per year in 2017.
How does Botswana rank for paying taxes: time?
Botswana ranks 155th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Botswana?
Over the last ten years it is down 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Botswana 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.