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Paying taxes: Time in Laos

Laos: Paying taxes: Time was 362 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
362 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
24th
of 187 countries
All-time high
672 hours per year
in 2005
All-time low
362 hours per year
in 2009
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Laos, 2005–2019

02004006002005201220192005: 672 hours per year2006: 672 hours per year2007: 672 hours per year2008: 560 hours per year2009: 362 hours per year2010: 362 hours per year2011: 362 hours per year2012: 362 hours per year2013: 362 hours per year2014: 362 hours per year2015: 362 hours per year2016: 362 hours per year2017: 362 hours per year2018: 362 hours per year2019: 362 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

Laos recorded 362 hours per year for paying taxes: time in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Laos peaked at 672 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 362 hours per year, in 2009.

Laos ranks 24th of 187 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 587.6 hours per year 362 hours per year 672 hours per year 5
2010s 362 hours per year 362 hours per year 362 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Laos

  1. 21 Paraguay 378 hours per year compare
  2. 22 Nepal 377 hours per year compare
  3. 23 Egypt 370 hours per year compare
  4. 25 Democratic Republic of Congo 346 hours per year compare
  5. 26 Nigeria 343.37 hours per year compare
  6. 27 Sierra Leone 343 hours per year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Laos?
Paying taxes: time in Laos was 362 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Laos?
The highest recorded value was 672 hours per year in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Laos?
The lowest recorded value was 362 hours per year in 2009.
How does Laos rank for paying taxes: time?
Laos ranks 24th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Laos?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Laos data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes: Time (hours per year). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year)
Unit
hours per year
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
189 places, 2,778 data points, 2005–2019
Last refreshed

The time to comply with tax laws measures the time taken to prepare, ?le and pay three major types of taxes and contributions: the corporate income tax, value added or sales tax and labor taxes, including payroll taxes and social contributions.