Paying taxes: Time in Mauritania
Mauritania: Paying taxes: Time was 270 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling
Paying taxes: Time in Mauritania, 2005–2019
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 190 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.
Paying taxes: Time in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | hours per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 696 hours per year | — |
| 2006 | 696 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 696 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 696 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 696 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 696 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 696 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 696 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 696 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 734 hours per year | +5.5% |
| 2015 | 734 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 300 hours per year | -59.1% |
| 2017 | 270 hours per year | -10.0% |
| 2018 | 270 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 270 hours per year | +0.0% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 270 hours per year is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 224 hours per year, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 270 hours per year is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 232 hours per year, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
More reference data data for Mauritania
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0975 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 3.86 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 3.98 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0216 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 3.98 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.327 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.1337 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 14.4 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 14.99 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1178 (2050)
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 190 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
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.