Paying taxes: Time in Lesotho
Lesotho: Paying taxes: Time was 327 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling
Paying taxes: Time in Lesotho, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.
Analysis
In 2019, paying taxes: time in Lesotho stood at 327 hours per year.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Lesotho peaked at 564 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 324 hours per year, in 2008.
Lesotho ranks 31st of 190 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Paying taxes: Time in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | hours per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 564 hours per year | — |
| 2006 | 564 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 342 hours per year | -39.4% |
| 2008 | 324 hours per year | -5.3% |
| 2009 | 324 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 324.3 hours per year | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 324 hours per year | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 324 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 324 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 324 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 324 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 324 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 333 hours per year | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 327 hours per year | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 327 hours per year | +0.0% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 327 hours per year is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 224 hours per year, 1.5× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 327 hours per year is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 232 hours per year, 1.4× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 423.6 hours per year | 324 hours per year | 564 hours per year | 5 |
| 2010s | 325.53 hours per year | 324 hours per year | 333 hours per year | 10 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
More reference data data for Lesotho
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0331 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.5388 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.582 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0101 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.582 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.111 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.1115 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 2.48 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.77 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0549 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is paying taxes: time in Lesotho?
- Paying taxes: time in Lesotho was 327 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 564 hours per year in 2005.
- What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 324 hours per year in 2008.
- How does Lesotho rank for paying taxes: time?
- Lesotho ranks 31st out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lesotho 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.