Paying taxes: Time in Kuwait
Kuwait: Paying taxes: Time was 98 hours per year in 2019. ▬ Flat
Paying taxes: Time in Kuwait, 2005–2019
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 168th of 190 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Paying taxes: Time in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | hours per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 98 hours per year | — |
| 2006 | 98 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 98 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 98 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 98 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 98 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 98 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 98 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 98 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 98 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 98 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 98 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 98 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 98 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 98 hours per year | +0.0% |
Kuwait compared with similar countries
- Kuwait's 98 hours per year is below the median for high income countries, which is 141.5 hours per year, 69% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Kuwait's 98 hours per year is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 174 hours per year, 56% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
More reference data data for Kuwait
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.092 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.2888 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.385 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.001 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.385 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.3086 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.1086 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.53 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.96 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0052 (2050)
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 168th out of 190 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
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.