Paying taxes: Time in Egypt

Egypt: Paying taxes: Time was 370 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
370 hours per year
Change on year
down 5.6%
World rank
23rd
of 187 countries
All-time high
711 hours per year
in 2007
All-time low
370 hours per year
in 2019
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Egypt, 2005–2019

02004006008002005201220192005: 504 hours per year2006: 595.5 hours per year2007: 711 hours per year2008: 711 hours per year2009: 480 hours per year2010: 433 hours per year2011: 433 hours per year2012: 392 hours per year2013: 392 hours per year2014: 392 hours per year2015: 392 hours per year2016: 392 hours per year2017: 392 hours per year2018: 392 hours per year2019: 370 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

Egypt recorded 370 hours per year for paying taxes: time in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of down 5.6% on the previous year and down 22.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Egypt peaked at 711 hours per year in 2007 and was at its lowest, 370 hours per year, in 2019.

Egypt ranks 23rd of 187 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 600.3 hours per year 480 hours per year 711 hours per year 5
2010s 398 hours per year 370 hours per year 433 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Egypt

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  4. 24 Laos 362 hours per year compare
  5. 25 Democratic Republic of Congo 346 hours per year compare
  6. 26 Nigeria 343.37 hours per year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Egypt?
Paying taxes: time in Egypt was 370 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Egypt?
The highest recorded value was 711 hours per year in 2007.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Egypt?
The lowest recorded value was 370 hours per year in 2019.
How does Egypt rank for paying taxes: time?
Egypt ranks 23rd out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Egypt?
Over the last ten years it is down 22.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Egypt 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
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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.