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

Nigeria: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 53.68 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
53.68
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
157th
of 188 countries
All-time high
53.68
in 2019
All-time low
50.33
in 2016
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02040602015201720192015: 50.72016: 50.32017: 532018: 53.52019: 53.7

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Nigeria stood at 53.68. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 5.9% over five years.

That places Nigeria 157th out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Countries ranked near Nigeria

  1. 154 Egypt 55.14 compare
  2. 155 Laos 54.22 compare
  3. 156 Algeria 53.85 compare
  4. 158 Trinidad and Tobago 53.53 compare
  5. 159 Pakistan 52.93 compare
  6. 160 Nicaragua 52.69 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Nigeria?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Nigeria was 53.68 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Nigeria?
The highest recorded value was 53.68 in 2019.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Nigeria?
The lowest recorded value was 50.33 in 2016.
How does Nigeria rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Nigeria ranks 157th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Nigeria 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
190 places, 950 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.