Paying taxes: Time in Ghana
Ghana: Paying taxes: Time was 226 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling
Paying taxes: Time in Ghana, 2005–2019
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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
More reference data data for Ghana
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2805 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.89 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.69 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1989 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.69 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.9405 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.9478 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 8.22 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 12.64 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.08 (2050)
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
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.