Paying taxes: Time in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone: Paying taxes: Time was 343 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
343 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
27th
of 187 countries
All-time high
383 hours per year
in 2005
All-time low
337 hours per year
in 2013
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Sierra Leone, 2005–2019

01002003004002005201220192005: 383 hours per year2006: 383 hours per year2007: 383 hours per year2008: 383 hours per year2009: 341 hours per year2010: 341 hours per year2011: 341 hours per year2012: 341 hours per year2013: 337 hours per year2014: 337 hours per year2015: 337 hours per year2016: 343 hours per year2017: 343 hours per year2018: 343 hours per year2019: 343 hours per year

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 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 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

  1. 24 Laos 362 hours per year compare
  2. 25 Democratic Republic of Congo 346 hours per year compare
  3. 26 Nigeria 343.37 hours per year compare
  4. 28 Syria 336 hours per year compare
  5. 29 Poland 334 hours per year compare
  6. 30 Ukraine 327.5 hours per year compare

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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 187 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

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.