Paying taxes: Time in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Paying taxes: Time was 343 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling
Paying taxes: Time in Sierra Leone, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 343 hours per year for paying taxes: time in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Sierra Leone peaked at 383 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 337 hours per year, in 2013.
Sierra Leone ranks 27th of 190 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Paying taxes: Time in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | hours per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 383 hours per year | — |
| 2006 | 383 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 383 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 383 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 341 hours per year | -11.0% |
| 2010 | 341 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 341 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 341 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 337 hours per year | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 337 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 337 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 343 hours per year | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 343 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 343 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 343 hours per year | +0.0% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 343 hours per year is above the median for low income countries, which is 248 hours per year, 1.4× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 343 hours per year is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 232 hours per year, 1.5× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 374.6 hours per year | 341 hours per year | 383 hours per year | 5 |
| 2010s | 340.6 hours per year | 337 hours per year | 343 hours per year | 10 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
More reference data data for Sierra Leone
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0238 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.4498 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.5935 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.12 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.5935 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0797 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.044 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.91 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.72 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.6534 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is paying taxes: time in Sierra Leone?
- Paying taxes: time in Sierra Leone was 343 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 383 hours per year in 2005.
- What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 337 hours per year in 2013.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for paying taxes: time?
- Sierra Leone ranks 27th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sierra Leone 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.