Time to prepare and pay taxes rose 0% to 140 hours in Liberia in 2019, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, time to prepare and pay taxes in Liberia reached an all time high of 151 hours in 2012 and an all time low of 140 hours in 2016. When compared to Liberia's main peers, time to prepare and pay taxes in Ghana amounted to 226 hours, 400 hours in Guinea, 187 hours in Ivory Coast and 343 hours in Sierra Leone in 2019.
Liberia has been ranked 132nd within the group of 171 countries we follow in terms of time to prepare and pay taxes, 2 places below 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 |
| Benin | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 270 | 270 | 270 | 270 | 270 | ||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 270 | 270 | 270 | 270 | 270 | ||||||||||
| Ghana | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 224 | 224 | 224 | 224 | 224 | ||||||||||
| Guinea | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 440 | 440 | 440 | 400 | 400 | ||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 272 | 272 | 272 | 270 | 270 | ||||||||||
| Liberia | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 143 | 143 | 140 | 140 | 140 | |||||||||
| Mali | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 270 | 270 | 270 | 270 | 270 | ||||||||||
| Senegal | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 644 | 620 | 620 | 441 | 441 | ||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 337 | 337 | 337 | 343 | 343 | ||||||||||
| Togo | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 270 | 270 | 270 | 216 | 216 |
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