Paying taxes: Time in Uganda

Uganda: Paying taxes: Time was 195 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
195 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
96th
of 187 countries
All-time high
237 hours per year
in 2005
All-time low
161 hours per year
in 2009
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Uganda, 2005–2019

0501001502002502005201220192005: 237 hours per year2006: 237 hours per year2007: 237 hours per year2008: 222 hours per year2009: 161 hours per year2010: 161 hours per year2011: 213 hours per year2012: 213 hours per year2013: 209 hours per year2014: 209 hours per year2015: 209 hours per year2016: 195 hours per year2017: 195 hours per year2018: 195 hours per year2019: 195 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

Uganda recorded 195 hours per year for paying taxes: time in 2019.

The figure is up 21.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Uganda peaked at 237 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 161 hours per year, in 2009.

Uganda ranks 96th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 218.8 hours per year 161 hours per year 237 hours per year 5
2010s 199.4 hours per year 161 hours per year 213 hours per year 10

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  4. 97 Greece 193 hours per year compare
  5. 98 Slovakia 192 hours per year compare
  6. 99 Indonesia 191 hours per year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Uganda?
Paying taxes: time in Uganda was 195 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Uganda?
The highest recorded value was 237 hours per year in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Uganda?
The lowest recorded value was 161 hours per year in 2009.
How does Uganda rank for paying taxes: time?
Uganda ranks 96th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Uganda?
Over the last ten years it is up 21.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Uganda 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.