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

Nepal: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 49.3 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
49.3
Change on year
down 7.0%
World rank
166th
of 188 countries
All-time high
57.19
in 2011
All-time low
44.51
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

02040602005201220192005: 44.52006: 44.52007: 44.52008: 44.52009: 55.32010: 55.32011: 57.22012: 57.22013: 562014: 562015: 562016: 55.22017: 55.22018: 532019: 49.3

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Nepal stood at 49.3.

The figure is down 7.0% on the previous year and down 10.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Nepal peaked at 57.19 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 44.51, in 2005.

That places Nepal 166th 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 46.68 44.51 55.33 5
2010s 55.02 49.3 57.19 10

Countries ranked near Nepal

  1. 163 Democratic Republic of Congo 54.1 compare
  2. 164 Laos 51.62 compare
  3. 165 Egypt 50.39 compare
  4. 167 Paraguay 49.15 compare
  5. 168 Vietnam 48.22 compare
  6. 169 Maldives 47.22 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Nepal?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Nepal was 49.3 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Nepal?
The highest recorded value was 57.19 in 2011.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Nepal?
The lowest recorded value was 44.51 in 2005.
How does Nepal rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Nepal ranks 166th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Nepal?
Over the last ten years it is down 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Nepal 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.