Paying taxes: Time in Namibia

Namibia: Paying taxes: Time was 302 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
302 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
36th
of 187 countries
All-time high
339 hours per year
in 2005
All-time low
302 hours per year
in 2015
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Namibia, 2005–2019

01002003002005201220192005: 339 hours per year2006: 339 hours per year2007: 339 hours per year2008: 339 hours per year2009: 339 hours per year2010: 339 hours per year2011: 339 hours per year2012: 314 hours per year2013: 314 hours per year2014: 314 hours per year2015: 302 hours per year2016: 302 hours per year2017: 302 hours per year2018: 302 hours per year2019: 302 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

Namibia recorded 302 hours per year for paying taxes: time in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of down 10.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Namibia peaked at 339 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 302 hours per year, in 2015.

Namibia ranks 36th of 187 countries on this measure, 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 339 hours per year 339 hours per year 339 hours per year 5
2010s 313 hours per year 302 hours per year 339 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Namibia

  1. 33 Dominican Republic 317 hours per year compare
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  4. 37 Ethiopia 300 hours per year compare
  5. 37 Montenegro 300 hours per year compare
  6. 39 Chile 296 hours per year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Namibia?
Paying taxes: time in Namibia was 302 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Namibia?
The highest recorded value was 339 hours per year in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Namibia?
The lowest recorded value was 302 hours per year in 2015.
How does Namibia rank for paying taxes: time?
Namibia ranks 36th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Namibia?
Over the last ten years it is down 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Namibia 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.