Find your country’s PAYE calculator
African payroll rules are country-specific. Choose a country to open the calculator that owns its tax bands, statutory deductions, assumptions and source dates.
Choose the payroll country
The destination calculator applies that country’s rules. Always confirm its source date and the tax year shown before using the estimate for payroll or an offer.
Choose a country to open its country-specific tax calculator.
Open the country calculatorBrowse all 54 source-backed country calculators
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Djibouti
- DR Congo
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Why this is a directory, not one Africa-wide calculator
PAYE is a way of withholding employment income tax, but each jurisdiction defines its own bands, reliefs, pension or social-security deductions, filing periods and effective dates. A single continental formula would be misleading. This page therefore routes to accepted country engines and performs no payroll arithmetic itself.
Before relying on a country result
- Check the tax year, last-reviewed date and named source on the calculator.
- Confirm whether the salary is monthly or annual and whether it includes taxable benefits.
- Review voluntary deductions separately from statutory deductions.
- Use the result as a planning estimate, not an official assessment or filing.
Need to browse by region or payroll task? Visit the Salary & Tax hub. PDF export is not applicable on this directory because it produces no calculation or report.
PAYE directory questions
Does one PAYE formula work across Africa?
No. Tax bands, reliefs, statutory contributions and tax years differ by country. Select the payroll country first.
Does this page store my salary?
No. This directory does not ask for or store a salary. It only resolves a country to a calculator route.
Is every African country listed?
Yes. All 54 countries resolve to a country calculator. Check that destination’s source date and assumptions before relying on its estimate.