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

Nicaragua: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 76.51 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
76.51
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
99th
of 191 countries
All-time high
76.51
in 2016
All-time low
70.48
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060802005201220192005: 70.52006: 70.52007: 70.52008: 70.52009: 70.52010: 73.32011: 75.62012: 75.62013: 75.62014: 75.62015: 75.62016: 76.52017: 76.52018: 76.52019: 76.5

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Nicaragua recorded 76.51 for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

The figure is up 8.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Nicaragua peaked at 76.51 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 70.48, in 2005.

Nicaragua ranks 99th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Nicaragua, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Nicaragua, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 70.48 —
2006 70.48 +0.0%
2007 70.48 +0.0%
2008 70.48 +0.0%
2009 70.48 +0.0%
2010 73.26 +3.9%
2011 75.58 +3.2%
2012 75.58 +0.0%
2013 75.58 +0.0%
2014 75.58 +0.0%
2015 75.58 +0.0%
2016 76.51 +1.2%
2017 76.51 +0.0%
2018 76.51 +0.0%
2019 76.51 +0.0%

Nicaragua compared with similar countries

  • Nicaragua's 76.51 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 72.95, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Nicaragua's 76.51 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 73.88, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 70.48 70.48 70.48 5
2010s 75.72 73.26 76.51 10

Countries ranked near Nicaragua

  1. 96 Suriname 76.82 compare
  2. 97 Mozambique 76.66 compare
  3. 97 Tonga 76.66 compare
  4. 100 Honduras 76.2 compare
  5. 100 Saint Kitts and Nevis 76.2 compare
  6. 102 Croatia 75.73 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 Nicaragua?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Nicaragua was 76.51 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Nicaragua?
The highest recorded value was 76.51 in 2016.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Nicaragua?
The lowest recorded value was 70.48 in 2005.
How does Nicaragua rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Nicaragua ranks 99th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Nicaragua?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Nicaragua 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.