Paying taxes: Time in Kenya

Kenya: Paying taxes: Time was 179.5 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
179.5 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
109th
of 187 countries
All-time high
444 hours per year
in 2006
All-time low
179.5 hours per year
in 2018
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Kenya, 2005–2019

01002003004002005201220192005: 384 hours per year2006: 444 hours per year2007: 444 hours per year2008: 429 hours per year2009: 429 hours per year2010: 405 hours per year2011: 405 hours per year2012: 352 hours per year2013: 319.5 hours per year2014: 213.5 hours per year2015: 213.5 hours per year2016: 195.5 hours per year2017: 185.5 hours per year2018: 179.5 hours per year2019: 179.5 hours per year

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 187 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 107 Cape Verde 180 hours per year compare
  2. 107 Sudan 180 hours per year compare
  3. 110 Antigua and Barbuda 177 hours per year compare
  4. 111 United States 175 hours per year compare
  5. 112 South Korea 174 hours per year compare
  6. 112 Malaysia 174 hours per year compare
  7. 112 Palestine 174 hours per year compare

See the full ranking of 189 places →

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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 187 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

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.