Paying taxes: Time in Seychelles
Seychelles: Paying taxes: Time was 85 hours per year in 2019. ▲ Rising
Paying taxes: Time in Seychelles, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.
Analysis
The most recent figure for paying taxes: time in Seychelles is 85 hours per year, measured in 2019.
That represents a change of up 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Seychelles peaked at 88 hours per year in 2014 and was at its lowest, 76 hours per year, in 2005.
That places Seychelles 173rd out of 190 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Paying taxes: Time in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | hours per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 76 hours per year | — |
| 2006 | 76 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 76 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 76 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 76 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 76 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 76 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 76 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 76 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 88 hours per year | +15.8% |
| 2015 | 85 hours per year | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 85 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 85 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 85 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 85 hours per year | +0.0% |
Seychelles compared with similar countries
- Seychelles's 85 hours per year is below the median for high income countries, which is 141.5 hours per year, 60% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Seychelles's 85 hours per year is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 232 hours per year, 37% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 76 hours per year | 76 hours per year | 76 hours per year | 5 |
| 2010s | 81.7 hours per year | 76 hours per year | 88 hours per year | 10 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
More reference data data for Seychelles
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0024 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0046 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0075 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0075 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0082 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0082 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0247 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.043 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0348 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied 2.17 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is paying taxes: time in Seychelles?
- Paying taxes: time in Seychelles was 85 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 88 hours per year in 2014.
- What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 76 hours per year in 2005.
- How does Seychelles rank for paying taxes: time?
- Seychelles ranks 173rd out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Seychelles 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.