Paying taxes: Time in Lesotho

Lesotho: Paying taxes: Time was 327 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
327 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
31st
of 187 countries
All-time high
564 hours per year
in 2005
All-time low
324 hours per year
in 2008
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Lesotho, 2005–2019

02004006002005201220192005: 564 hours per year2006: 564 hours per year2007: 342 hours per year2008: 324 hours per year2009: 324 hours per year2010: 324.3 hours per year2011: 324 hours per year2012: 324 hours per year2013: 324 hours per year2014: 324 hours per year2015: 324 hours per year2016: 324 hours per year2017: 333 hours per year2018: 327 hours per year2019: 327 hours per year

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 187 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 28 Syria 336 hours per year compare
  2. 29 Poland 334 hours per year compare
  3. 30 Ukraine 327.5 hours per year compare
  4. 32 Gambia 326 hours per year compare
  5. 33 Dominican Republic 317 hours per year compare
  6. 34 Iraq 312 hours per year compare

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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 187 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

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.