Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Laos

Laos: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 51.62 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
51.62
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
164th
of 188 countries
All-time high
51.62
in 2009
All-time low
3.71
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Laos, 2005–2019

010203040502005201220192005: 3.72006: 3.72007: 3.72008: 212009: 51.62010: 51.62011: 51.62012: 51.62013: 51.62014: 51.62015: 51.62016: 51.62017: 51.62018: 51.62019: 51.6

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 164th out of 188 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 16.75 3.71 51.62 5
2010s 51.62 51.62 51.62 10

Countries ranked near Laos

  1. 161 Sierra Leone 54.56 compare
  2. 162 Nigeria 54.5 compare
  3. 163 Democratic Republic of Congo 54.1 compare
  4. 165 Egypt 50.39 compare
  5. 166 Nepal 49.3 compare
  6. 167 Paraguay 49.15 compare

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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 164th out of 188 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

Indicator
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 2,783 data points, 2005–2019
Last refreshed

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.