Time to prepare and pay taxes rose 0% to 122 hours in Swaziland in 2019, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, time to prepare and pay taxes in Swaziland reached an all time high of 122 hours in 2019 and an all time low of 116 hours in 2005. When compared to Swaziland's main peers, time to prepare and pay taxes in Botswana amounted to 120 hours, 327 hours in Lesotho, 200 hours in Mozambique and 210 hours in South Africa in 2019.
Swaziland has been ranked 144th within the group of 171 countries we follow in terms of time to prepare and pay taxes, 1 place above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Time to Prepare and Pay Taxes | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Botswana | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 152 | 152 | 152 | 152 | 120 | ||||||||||
| Lesotho | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 324 | 324 | 324 | 324 | 333 | ||||||||||
| Malawi | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 181 | 181 | 181 | 184 | 184 | ||||||||||
| Mozambique | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 230 | 230 | 217 | 200 | 200 | ||||||||||
| Namibia | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 314 | 314 | 302 | 302 | 302 | ||||||||||
| South Africa | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 198 | 198 | 198 | 203 | 210 | ||||||||||
| Swaziland | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 122 | 122 | 122 | 122 | 122 | ||||||||||
| Tanzania | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 185 | 181 | 183 | 195 | 207 | ||||||||||
| Zambia | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 183 | 177 | 191 | 186 | 158 | ||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 242 | 242 | 242 | 242 | 242 |
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