Paying taxes: Time in Ghana

Ghana: Paying taxes: Time was 226 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
226 hours per year
Change on year
up 0.9%
World rank
72nd
of 187 countries
All-time high
304 hours per year
in 2005
All-time low
224 hours per year
in 2008
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Ghana, 2005–2019

01002003002005201220192005: 304 hours per year2006: 304 hours per year2007: 304 hours per year2008: 224 hours per year2009: 224 hours per year2010: 224 hours per year2011: 224 hours per year2012: 224 hours per year2013: 224 hours per year2014: 224 hours per year2015: 224 hours per year2016: 224 hours per year2017: 224 hours per year2018: 224 hours per year2019: 226 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time in Ghana stood at 226 hours per year.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Ghana peaked at 304 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 224 hours per year, in 2008.

That places Ghana 72nd out of 187 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 272 hours per year 224 hours per year 304 hours per year 5
2010s 224.2 hours per year 224 hours per year 226 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Ghana

  1. 69 Burundi 232 hours per year compare
  2. 70 Czechia 230 hours per year compare
  3. 71 Thailand 229 hours per year compare
  4. 73 Serbia 225.5 hours per year compare
  5. 74 Samoa 224 hours per year compare
  6. 74 Tajikistan 224 hours per year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Ghana?
Paying taxes: time in Ghana was 226 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Ghana?
The highest recorded value was 304 hours per year in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Ghana?
The lowest recorded value was 224 hours per year in 2008.
How does Ghana rank for paying taxes: time?
Ghana ranks 72nd out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Ghana?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Ghana 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.