Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Nigeria
Nigeria: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 54.5 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Nigeria, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Nigeria stood at 54.5. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 33.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Nigeria peaked at 54.5 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 12.67, in 2005.
That places Nigeria 165th 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 Nigeria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 12.67 | — |
| 2006 | 12.67 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 12.67 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 40.8 | +222.0% |
| 2009 | 40.8 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 40.8 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 40.8 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 38.02 | -6.8% |
| 2013 | 41.2 | +8.4% |
| 2014 | 41.2 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 41.2 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 41.2 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 51.88 | +25.9% |
| 2018 | 53.88 | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 54.5 | +1.1% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 54.5 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 72.95, 75% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 54.5 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 70.94, 77% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 23.93 | 12.67 | 40.8 | 5 |
| 2010s | 44.47 | 38.02 | 54.5 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
More reference data data for Nigeria
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.77 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 19.51 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 27 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.62 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 27 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 5.94 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 5.8 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 81.9 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 121.16 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 14.27 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Nigeria?
- Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Nigeria was 54.5 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 54.5 in 2019.
- What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.67 in 2005.
- How does Nigeria rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
- Nigeria ranks 165th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria 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.