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Paying taxes: Time in Kuwait

Kuwait: Paying taxes: Time was 98 hours per year in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
98 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
166th
of 187 countries
All-time high
98 hours per year
in 2005
All-time low
98 hours per year
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Kuwait, 2005–2019

0204060801002005201220192005: 98 hours per year2006: 98 hours per year2007: 98 hours per year2008: 98 hours per year2009: 98 hours per year2010: 98 hours per year2011: 98 hours per year2012: 98 hours per year2013: 98 hours per year2014: 98 hours per year2015: 98 hours per year2016: 98 hours per year2017: 98 hours per year2018: 98 hours per year2019: 98 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time in Kuwait stood at 98 hours per year. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Kuwait peaked at 98 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 98 hours per year, in 2005.

Kuwait ranks 166th of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 98 hours per year 98 hours per year 98 hours per year 5
2010s 98 hours per year 98 hours per year 98 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Kuwait

  1. 163 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 108 hours per year compare
  2. 164 Australia 105 hours per year compare
  3. 165 Comoros 100 hours per year compare
  4. 167 Jordan 96.5 hours per year compare
  5. 168 Lithuania 95 hours per year compare
  6. 169 Rwanda 90.5 hours per year compare

See the full ranking of 189 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Kuwait?
Paying taxes: time in Kuwait was 98 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Kuwait?
The highest recorded value was 98 hours per year in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Kuwait?
The lowest recorded value was 98 hours per year in 2005.
How does Kuwait rank for paying taxes: time?
Kuwait ranks 166th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Kuwait?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Kuwait 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
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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.