Paying taxes: Time in Laos
Laos: Paying taxes: Time was 362 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling
Paying taxes: Time in Laos, 2005–2019
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 190 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Paying taxes: Time in Laos, year by year
| Year | hours per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 672 hours per year | — |
| 2006 | 672 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 672 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 560 hours per year | -16.7% |
| 2009 | 362 hours per year | -35.4% |
| 2010 | 362 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 362 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 362 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 362 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 362 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 362 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 362 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 362 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 362 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 362 hours per year | +0.0% |
Laos compared with similar countries
- Laos's 362 hours per year is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 224 hours per year, 1.6× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Laos's 362 hours per year is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 169.5 hours per year, 2.1× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
More reference data data for Laos
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.6615 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.913 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.88 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.3021 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.88 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 2.22 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 3.96 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 5.07 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 12.95 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.64 (2050)
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 190 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
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.