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Paying taxes: Time in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: Paying taxes: Time was 300 hours per year in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
300 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
37th
of 187 countries
All-time high
306 hours per year
in 2012
All-time low
198 hours per year
in 2007
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Ethiopia, 2005–2019

01002003002005201220192005: 212 hours per year2006: 212 hours per year2007: 198 hours per year2008: 198 hours per year2009: 198 hours per year2010: 198 hours per year2011: 198 hours per year2012: 306 hours per year2013: 306 hours per year2014: 306 hours per year2015: 306 hours per year2016: 306 hours per year2017: 306 hours per year2018: 300 hours per year2019: 300 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time in Ethiopia stood at 300 hours per year.

That represents a change of up 51.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Ethiopia peaked at 306 hours per year in 2012 and was at its lowest, 198 hours per year, in 2007.

That places Ethiopia 37th out of 187 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 203.6 hours per year 198 hours per year 212 hours per year 5
2010s 283.2 hours per year 198 hours per year 306 hours per year 10

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Ethiopia?
Paying taxes: time in Ethiopia was 300 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Ethiopia?
The highest recorded value was 306 hours per year in 2012.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Ethiopia?
The lowest recorded value was 198 hours per year in 2007.
How does Ethiopia rank for paying taxes: time?
Ethiopia ranks 37th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Ethiopia?
Over the last ten years it is up 51.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Ethiopia 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.