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Paying taxes: Time in Mauritania

Mauritania: Paying taxes: Time was 270 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
270 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
45th
of 187 countries
All-time high
734 hours per year
in 2014
All-time low
270 hours per year
in 2017
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Mauritania, 2005–2019

02004006008002005201220192005: 696 hours per year2006: 696 hours per year2007: 696 hours per year2008: 696 hours per year2009: 696 hours per year2010: 696 hours per year2011: 696 hours per year2012: 696 hours per year2013: 696 hours per year2014: 734 hours per year2015: 734 hours per year2016: 300 hours per year2017: 270 hours per year2018: 270 hours per year2019: 270 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time in Mauritania stood at 270 hours per year. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 61.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Mauritania peaked at 734 hours per year in 2014 and was at its lowest, 270 hours per year, in 2017.

That places Mauritania 45th out of 187 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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 696 hours per year 696 hours per year 696 hours per year 5
2010s 536.2 hours per year 270 hours per year 734 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Mauritania

  1. 42 Myanmar 282 hours per year compare
  2. 43 Hungary 277 hours per year compare
  3. 44 Mali 276 hours per year compare
  4. 45 Afghanistan 270 hours per year compare
  5. 45 Benin 270 hours per year compare
  6. 45 Burkina Faso 270 hours per year compare
  7. 45 Niger 270 hours per year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Mauritania?
Paying taxes: time in Mauritania was 270 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Mauritania?
The highest recorded value was 734 hours per year in 2014.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Mauritania?
The lowest recorded value was 270 hours per year in 2017.
How does Mauritania rank for paying taxes: time?
Mauritania ranks 45th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Mauritania?
Over the last ten years it is down 61.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Mauritania 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.