Paying taxes: Time in Morocco

Morocco: Paying taxes: Time was 155 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
155 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
130th
of 187 countries
All-time high
358 hours per year
in 2005
All-time low
155 hours per year
in 2017
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Morocco, 2005–2019

01002003004002005201220192005: 358 hours per year2006: 358 hours per year2007: 358 hours per year2008: 358 hours per year2009: 358 hours per year2010: 358 hours per year2011: 238 hours per year2012: 238 hours per year2013: 232 hours per year2014: 232 hours per year2015: 211 hours per year2016: 211 hours per year2017: 155 hours per year2018: 155 hours per year2019: 155 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

Morocco recorded 155 hours per year for paying taxes: time in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 56.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Morocco peaked at 358 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 155 hours per year, in 2017.

That places Morocco 130th out of 187 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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 358 hours per year 358 hours per year 358 hours per year 5
2010s 218.5 hours per year 155 hours per year 358 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Morocco

  1. 128 United Arab Emirates 158 hours per year compare
  2. 128 Zambia 158 hours per year compare
  3. 130 Bahamas 155 hours per year compare
  4. 132 Saudi Arabia 152 hours per year compare
  5. 133 Costa Rica 151 hours per year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Morocco?
Paying taxes: time in Morocco was 155 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Morocco?
The highest recorded value was 358 hours per year in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Morocco?
The lowest recorded value was 155 hours per year in 2017.
How does Morocco rank for paying taxes: time?
Morocco ranks 130th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Morocco?
Over the last ten years it is down 56.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Morocco 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.