Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Laos
Laos: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 51.62 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Laos, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Laos is 51.62, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Laos peaked at 51.62 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 3.71, in 2005.
That places Laos 167th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Laos, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3.71 | — |
| 2006 | 3.71 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 3.71 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 21.02 | +466.7% |
| 2009 | 51.62 | +145.6% |
| 2010 | 51.62 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 51.62 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 51.62 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 51.62 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 51.62 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 51.62 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 51.62 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 51.62 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 51.62 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 51.62 | +0.0% |
Laos compared with similar countries
- Laos's 51.62 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 72.95, 71% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Laos's 51.62 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 81.38, 63% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16.75 | 3.71 | 51.62 | 5 |
| 2010s | 51.62 | 51.62 | 51.62 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Laos
More reference data data for Laos
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.6615 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.913 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.88 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.3021 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.88 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 2.22 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 3.96 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 5.07 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 12.95 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.64 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Laos?
- Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Laos was 51.62 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 51.62 in 2009.
- What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.71 in 2005.
- How does Laos rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
- Laos ranks 167th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Laos data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for time to comply with tax laws 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.