Paying taxes: Time in Tanzania

Tanzania: Paying taxes: Time was 207 hours per year in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
207 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
87th
of 187 countries
All-time high
207 hours per year
in 2017
All-time low
172 hours per year
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Tanzania, 2005–2019

0501001502002005201220192005: 172 hours per year2006: 172 hours per year2007: 172 hours per year2008: 172 hours per year2009: 172 hours per year2010: 172 hours per year2011: 172 hours per year2012: 172 hours per year2013: 185 hours per year2014: 181 hours per year2015: 183 hours per year2016: 195 hours per year2017: 207 hours per year2018: 207 hours per year2019: 207 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes: time in Tanzania is 207 hours per year, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

The figure is up 20.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Tanzania peaked at 207 hours per year in 2017 and was at its lowest, 172 hours per year, in 2005.

Tanzania ranks 87th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 172 hours per year 172 hours per year 172 hours per year 5
2010s 188.1 hours per year 172 hours per year 207 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Tanzania

  1. 84 South Africa 210 hours per year compare
  2. 84 South Sudan 210 hours per year compare
  3. 84 Trinidad and Tobago 210 hours per year compare
  4. 87 Papua New Guinea 207 hours per year compare
  5. 89 Croatia 206 hours per year compare
  6. 90 Honduras 203 hours per year compare
  7. 90 Saint Kitts and Nevis 203 hours per year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Tanzania?
Paying taxes: time in Tanzania was 207 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Tanzania?
The highest recorded value was 207 hours per year in 2017.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Tanzania?
The lowest recorded value was 172 hours per year in 2005.
How does Tanzania rank for paying taxes: time?
Tanzania ranks 87th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Tanzania?
Over the last ten years it is up 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Tanzania 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.