Paying taxes: Time in Botswana
Botswana: Paying taxes: Time was 120 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling
Paying taxes: Time in Botswana, 2005–2019
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 157th of 190 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Paying taxes: Time in Botswana, year by year
| Year | hours per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 140 hours per year | — |
| 2006 | 140 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 140 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 140 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 140 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 152 hours per year | +8.6% |
| 2011 | 152 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 152 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 152 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 152 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 152 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 152 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 120 hours per year | -21.1% |
| 2018 | 120 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 120 hours per year | +0.0% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 120 hours per year is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 213 hours per year, 56% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 120 hours per year is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 232 hours per year, 52% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
- 154 Micronesia (country) 128 hours per year compare
- 155 Eswatini 122 hours per year compare
- 155 Sweden 122 hours per year compare
- 157 Vanuatu 120 hours per year compare
- 159 Cyprus 119.5 hours per year compare
- 160 Netherlands 119 hours per year compare
- 160 North Macedonia 119 hours per year compare
More reference data data for Botswana
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0472 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.37 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.42 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0078 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.42 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1582 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0825 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 6.97 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 7.25 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0424 (2050)
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 157th out of 190 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
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.