Paying taxes: Time in Liberia

Liberia: Paying taxes: Time was 139.5 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
139.5 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
143rd
of 190 countries
All-time high
150.5 hours per year
in 2011
All-time low
139.5 hours per year
in 2015
Years of data
14
2006–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Liberia, 2006–2019

0501001502006201220192006: 150 hours per year2007: 150 hours per year2008: 150 hours per year2009: 150 hours per year2010: 150 hours per year2011: 150.5 hours per year2012: 150.5 hours per year2013: 143 hours per year2014: 143 hours per year2015: 139.5 hours per year2016: 139.5 hours per year2017: 139.5 hours per year2018: 139.5 hours per year2019: 139.5 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes: time in Liberia is 139.5 hours per year, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.

That represents a change of down 7.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Liberia peaked at 150.5 hours per year in 2011 and was at its lowest, 139.5 hours per year, in 2015.

That places Liberia 143rd out of 190 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.

Paying taxes: Time in Liberia, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) in Liberia, 2006 to 2019.
Year hours per year Change
2006 150 hours per year —
2007 150 hours per year +0.0%
2008 150 hours per year +0.0%
2009 150 hours per year +0.0%
2010 150 hours per year +0.0%
2011 150.5 hours per year +0.3%
2012 150.5 hours per year +0.0%
2013 143 hours per year -5.0%
2014 143 hours per year +0.0%
2015 139.5 hours per year -2.4%
2016 139.5 hours per year +0.0%
2017 139.5 hours per year +0.0%
2018 139.5 hours per year +0.0%
2019 139.5 hours per year +0.0%

Liberia compared with similar countries

  • Liberia's 139.5 hours per year is below the median for low income countries, which is 248 hours per year, 56% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
  • Liberia's 139.5 hours per year is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 232 hours per year, 60% of the median. (47 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 150 hours per year 150 hours per year 150 hours per year 4
2010s 143.45 hours per year 139.5 hours per year 150.5 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Liberia

  1. 144 France 139 hours per year compare
  2. 144 Malta 139 hours per year compare
  3. 146 China 138 hours per year compare

See the full ranking of 190 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Liberia?
Paying taxes: time in Liberia was 139.5 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Liberia?
The highest recorded value was 150.5 hours per year in 2011.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Liberia?
The lowest recorded value was 139.5 hours per year in 2015.
How does Liberia rank for paying taxes: time?
Liberia ranks 143rd out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Liberia?
Over the last ten years it is down 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Liberia 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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Indicator
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year)
Unit
hours per year
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 2,789 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.