Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score in Nepal

Nepal: Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score was 28.33 in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
28.33
Change on year
down 29.2%
World rank
171st
of 191 countries
All-time high
48.33
in 2005
All-time low
28.33
in 2019
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score in Nepal, 2005–2019

010203040502005201220192005: 48.32006: 48.32007: 48.32008: 48.32009: 48.32010: 48.32011: 48.32012: 48.32013: 48.32014: 48.32015: 48.32016: 48.32017: 48.32018: 402019: 28.3

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Nepal stood at 28.33. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

The figure is down 29.2% on the previous year and down 41.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Nepal peaked at 48.33 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 28.33, in 2019.

That places Nepal 171st out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.

Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score in Nepal, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score in Nepal, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 48.33 —
2006 48.33 +0.0%
2007 48.33 +0.0%
2008 48.33 +0.0%
2009 48.33 +0.0%
2010 48.33 +0.0%
2011 48.33 +0.0%
2012 48.33 +0.0%
2013 48.33 +0.0%
2014 48.33 +0.0%
2015 48.33 +0.0%
2016 48.33 +0.0%
2017 48.33 +0.0%
2018 40 -17.2%
2019 28.33 -29.2%

Nepal compared with similar countries

  • Nepal's 28.33 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 50, 57% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Nepal's 28.33 is below the median for South Asia, which is 62.5, 45% of the median. (6 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 48.33 48.33 48.33 5
2010s 45.5 28.33 48.33 10

Countries ranked near Nepal

  1. 169 Burkina Faso 30 compare
  2. 169 Papua New Guinea 30 compare
  3. 171 Equatorial Guinea 28.33 compare
  4. 171 Guinea-Bissau 28.33 compare
  5. 171 Sao Tome and Principe 28.33 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Nepal?
Paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Nepal was 28.33 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in Nepal?
The highest recorded value was 48.33 in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in Nepal?
The lowest recorded value was 28.33 in 2019.
How does Nepal rank for paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score?
Nepal ranks 171st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score rising or falling in Nepal?
Over the last ten years it is down 41.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Nepal data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 2,794 data points, 2005–2019
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The score for tax payments benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.