Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Nepal

Nepal: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 47.15 in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
47.15
Change on year
down 10.6%
World rank
176th
of 191 countries
All-time high
58.08
in 2015
All-time low
47.15
in 2019
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Nepal, 2015–2019

02040602015201720192015: 58.12016: 57.92017: 57.92018: 52.72019: 47.1

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Nepal is 47.15, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of down 10.6% on the previous year and down 18.8% over five years.

Nepal ranks 176th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Nepal, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Nepal, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 58.08 —
2016 57.88 -0.3%
2017 57.88 -0.0%
2018 52.73 -8.9%
2019 47.15 -10.6%

Nepal compared with similar countries

  • Nepal's 47.15 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 61.28, 77% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Nepal's 47.15 is below the median for South Asia, which is 63.1, 75% of the median. (6 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Nepal

  1. 173 Gambia 49.01 compare
  2. 174 Mali 48.92 compare
  3. 175 Togo 47.33 compare
  4. 177 Panama 46.68 compare
  5. 178 Mauritania 42.63 compare
  6. 179 Afghanistan 42.16 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Nepal?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Nepal was 47.15 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Nepal?
The highest recorded value was 58.08 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Nepal?
The lowest recorded value was 47.15 in 2019.
How does Nepal rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Nepal ranks 176th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Nepal data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 955 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed

The score for paying taxes is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators, the payments, time and total tax and contribution rate for a company to comply with tax laws in an economy, as well as the postfiling procedures to request and process a VAT refund claim and to comply with and complete a corporate income tax correction. The score is computed based on the methodology in the DB17-20 studies.