Paying taxes: Time in Nepal
Nepal: Paying taxes: Time was 377 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling
Paying taxes: Time in Nepal, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 377 hours per year for paying taxes: time in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.8% on the previous year and up 11.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Nepal peaked at 408 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 326 hours per year, in 2011.
That places Nepal 22nd out of 190 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Paying taxes: Time in Nepal, year by year
| Year | hours per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 408 hours per year | — |
| 2006 | 408 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 408 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 408 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 338 hours per year | -17.2% |
| 2010 | 338 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 326 hours per year | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 326 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 334 hours per year | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 334 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 334 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 339 hours per year | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 339 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 353 hours per year | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 377 hours per year | +6.8% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 377 hours per year is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 224 hours per year, 1.7× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 377 hours per year is above the median for South Asia, which is 314.44 hours per year, 1.2× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 394 hours per year | 338 hours per year | 408 hours per year | 5 |
| 2010s | 340 hours per year | 326 hours per year | 377 hours per year | 10 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
More reference data data for Nepal
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.7753 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 2.5 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 4.14 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.7853 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 4.14 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 2.6 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.7974 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 11.28 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 19.44 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 4.28 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is paying taxes: time in Nepal?
- Paying taxes: time in Nepal was 377 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 408 hours per year in 2005.
- What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 326 hours per year in 2011.
- How does Nepal rank for paying taxes: time?
- Nepal ranks 22nd out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nepal 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.