Paying taxes: Time in Kenya
Kenya: Paying taxes: Time was 179.5 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling
Paying taxes: Time in Kenya, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.
Analysis
In 2019, paying taxes: time in Kenya stood at 179.5 hours per year. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of down 58.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Kenya peaked at 444 hours per year in 2006 and was at its lowest, 179.5 hours per year, in 2018.
Kenya ranks 109th of 190 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Paying taxes: Time in Kenya, year by year
| Year | hours per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 384 hours per year | — |
| 2006 | 444 hours per year | +15.6% |
| 2007 | 444 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 429 hours per year | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 429 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 405 hours per year | -5.6% |
| 2011 | 405 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 352 hours per year | -13.1% |
| 2013 | 319.5 hours per year | -9.2% |
| 2014 | 213.5 hours per year | -33.2% |
| 2015 | 213.5 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 195.5 hours per year | -8.4% |
| 2017 | 185.5 hours per year | -5.1% |
| 2018 | 179.5 hours per year | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 179.5 hours per year | +0.0% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 179.5 hours per year is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 224 hours per year, 80% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 179.5 hours per year is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 232 hours per year, 77% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Paying taxes: Time in Kenya changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | -33.2% | 319.5 hours per year | 213.5 hours per year |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 426 hours per year | 384 hours per year | 444 hours per year | 5 |
| 2010s | 264.85 hours per year | 179.5 hours per year | 405 hours per year | 10 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 107 Cape Verde 180 hours per year compare
- 107 Sudan 180 hours per year compare
- 110 Antigua and Barbuda 177 hours per year compare
- 111 United States 175 hours per year compare
- 112 South Korea 174 hours per year compare
- 112 Malaysia 174 hours per year compare
- 112 Palestine 174 hours per year compare
More reference data data for Kenya
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.5379 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 12.22 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 14.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.377 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 14.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.8 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.1 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 58.05 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 68.95 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.05 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is paying taxes: time in Kenya?
- Paying taxes: time in Kenya was 179.5 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 444 hours per year in 2006.
- What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 179.5 hours per year in 2018.
- How does Kenya rank for paying taxes: time?
- Kenya ranks 109th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kenya 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.