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
169th
of 191 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 169th 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 Nepal, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Nepal, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 44.51 —
2006 44.51 +0.0%
2007 44.51 +0.0%
2008 44.51 +0.0%
2009 55.33 +24.3%
2010 55.33 +0.0%
2011 57.19 +3.4%
2012 57.19 +0.0%
2013 55.95 -2.2%
2014 55.95 +0.0%
2015 55.95 +0.0%
2016 55.18 -1.4%
2017 55.18 +0.0%
2018 53.01 -3.9%
2019 49.3 -7.0%

Nepal compared with similar countries

  • Nepal's 49.3 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 72.95, 68% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Nepal's 49.3 is below the median for South Asia, which is 58.97, 84% of the median. (6 countries reporting)

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. 166 Democratic Republic of Congo 54.1 compare
  2. 167 Laos 51.62 compare
  3. 168 Egypt 50.39 compare
  4. 170 Paraguay 49.15 compare
  5. 171 Vietnam 48.22 compare
  6. 172 Maldives 47.22 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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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 169th out of 191 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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Paying taxes: Time (hours 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 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.