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

Nigeria: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 54.5 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
54.5
Change on year
up 1.1%
World rank
162nd
of 188 countries
All-time high
54.5
in 2019
All-time low
12.67
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

10203040502005201220192005: 12.72006: 12.72007: 12.72008: 40.82009: 40.82010: 40.82011: 40.82012: 382013: 41.22014: 41.22015: 41.22016: 41.22017: 51.92018: 53.92019: 54.5

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 162nd 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 23.93 12.67 40.8 5
2010s 44.47 38.02 54.5 10

Countries ranked near Nigeria

  1. 159 Poland 55.95 compare
  2. 160 Syria 55.64 compare
  3. 161 Sierra Leone 54.56 compare
  4. 163 Democratic Republic of Congo 54.1 compare
  5. 164 Laos 51.62 compare
  6. 165 Egypt 50.39 compare

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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 162nd out of 188 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

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.