Paying taxes: Time in Senegal

Senegal: Paying taxes: Time was 416 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
416 hours per year
Change on year
down 5.7%
World rank
15th
of 187 countries
All-time high
696 hours per year
in 2005
All-time low
416 hours per year
in 2019
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Senegal, 2005–2019

02004006002005201220192005: 696 hours per year2006: 696 hours per year2007: 696 hours per year2008: 666 hours per year2009: 666 hours per year2010: 666 hours per year2011: 666 hours per year2012: 666 hours per year2013: 644 hours per year2014: 620 hours per year2015: 620 hours per year2016: 441 hours per year2017: 441 hours per year2018: 441 hours per year2019: 416 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time in Senegal stood at 416 hours per year. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

The figure is down 5.7% on the previous year and down 37.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Senegal peaked at 696 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 416 hours per year, in 2019.

That places Senegal 15th out of 187 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 684 hours per year 666 hours per year 696 hours per year 5
2010s 562.1 hours per year 416 hours per year 666 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Senegal

  1. 12 Bulgaria 441 hours per year compare
  2. 13 Bangladesh 435 hours per year compare
  3. 14 Sao Tome and Principe 424 hours per year compare
  4. 16 Bosnia and Herzegovina 411 hours per year compare
  5. 17 Panama 408 hours per year compare
  6. 18 Guinea 400 hours per year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Senegal?
Paying taxes: time in Senegal was 416 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Senegal?
The highest recorded value was 696 hours per year in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Senegal?
The lowest recorded value was 416 hours per year in 2019.
How does Senegal rank for paying taxes: time?
Senegal ranks 15th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Senegal?
Over the last ten years it is down 37.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Senegal 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.