Paying taxes: Time in Malawi

Malawi: Paying taxes: Time was 169 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
169 hours per year
Change on year
down 4.7%
World rank
119th
of 187 countries
All-time high
376 hours per year
in 2005
All-time low
163 hours per year
in 2009
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Malawi, 2005–2019

01002003004002005201220192005: 376 hours per year2006: 376 hours per year2007: 376 hours per year2008: 298 hours per year2009: 163 hours per year2010: 163 hours per year2011: 163 hours per year2012: 180.5 hours per year2013: 180.5 hours per year2014: 180.5 hours per year2015: 180.5 hours per year2016: 183.5 hours per year2017: 183.5 hours per year2018: 177.3 hours per year2019: 169 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

Malawi recorded 169 hours per year for paying taxes: time in 2019.

The figure is down 4.7% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Malawi peaked at 376 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 163 hours per year, in 2009.

Malawi ranks 119th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 317.8 hours per year 163 hours per year 376 hours per year 5
2010s 176.13 hours per year 163 hours per year 183.5 hours per year 10

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  4. 120 Latvia 168.5 hours per year compare
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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Malawi?
Paying taxes: time in Malawi was 169 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Malawi?
The highest recorded value was 376 hours per year in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Malawi?
The lowest recorded value was 163 hours per year in 2009.
How does Malawi rank for paying taxes: time?
Malawi ranks 119th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Malawi?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Malawi 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.