Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Economy > Tax > Time to prepare and pay taxes > Hours
DEFINITION:
Time to prepare and pay taxes is the time, in hours per year, it takes to prepare, file, and pay (or withhold) three major types of taxes: the corporate income tax, the value added or sales tax, and labor taxes, including payroll taxes and social security contributions.".
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Nigeria | 938 | 2009 | ||
2 | Chad | 732 | 2009 | ||
3 | Mauritania | 696 | 2009 | ||
4 | Senegal | 666 | 2009 | ||
5 | Cameroon | 654 | 2009 | ||
6 | Central African Republic | 504 | 2009 | ||
7 | Equatorial Guinea | 492 | 2009 | ||
8 | Gabon | 488 | 2009 | ||
9 | Sao Tome and Principe | 424 | 2009 | ||
10 | Kenya | 417 | 2009 | ||
11 | Guinea | 416 | 2009 | ||
12 | The Gambia | 376 | 2009 | ||
13 | Namibia | 375 | 2009 | ||
14 | Sierra Leone | 357 | 2009 | ||
15 | Lesotho | 324 | 2009 | ||
16 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 308 | 2009 | ||
=17 | Niger | 270 | 2009 | ||
=17 | Mali | 270 | 2009 | ||
=17 | Togo | 270 | 2009 | ||
=17 | Benin | 270 | 2009 | ||
=17 | Cote d'Ivoire | 270 | 2009 | ||
=17 | Zimbabwe | 270 | 2009 | ||
=17 | Burkina Faso | 270 | 2009 | ||
24 | Mozambique | 230 | 2009 | ||
25 | Ghana | 224 | 2009 | ||
26 | Eritrea | 216 | 2009 | ||
27 | Guinea-Bissau | 208 | 2009 | ||
28 | Madagascar | 201 | 2009 | ||
29 | South Africa | 200 | 2009 | ||
30 | Ethiopia | 198 | 2009 | ||
31 | Cape Verde | 186 | 2009 | ||
32 | Sudan | 180 | 2009 | ||
33 | Tanzania | 172 | 2009 | ||
=34 | Mauritius | 161 | 2009 | ||
=34 | Uganda | 161 | 2009 | ||
36 | Rwanda | 160 | 2009 | ||
37 | Liberia | 158 | 2009 | ||
38 | Malawi | 157 | 2009 | ||
=39 | Burundi | 140 | 2009 | ||
=39 | Botswana | 140 | 2009 | ||
41 | Zambia | 132 | 2009 | ||
42 | Swaziland | 104 | 2009 | ||
43 | Comoros | 100 | 2009 | ||
44 | Seychelles | 76 | 2009 | ||
45 | Djibouti | 66 | 2009 |