Which has higher paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score, Congo or Equatorial Guinea?

Equatorial Guinea, at 31.53 against 14.53 in Congo as of 2019.

What is the difference in paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score between Congo and Equatorial Guinea?

17, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Equatorial Guinea?

15 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2019.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank, published as Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Congo vs Equatorial Guinea: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score

Congo

14.53

in 2019

Equatorial Guinea

31.53

in 2019

Congo rank

179th

Equatorial Guinea rank

178th

Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score over time

Congo
Equatorial Guinea

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 31.53 against 14.53 in Congo, a difference of 17.

That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 2.2 times Congo's.

Across all 15 years both countries report, Equatorial Guinea has been ahead every year.

Congo ranks 179th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 178th of 188 countries.

Equatorial Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Congo	Equatorial Guinea	Difference	Ahead
2000s	13.91	31.53	17.62	Equatorial Guinea
2010s	14.34	31.53	17.19	Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score, Congo or Equatorial Guinea?: Equatorial Guinea, at 31.53 against 14.53 in Congo as of 2019.
What is the difference in paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score between Congo and Equatorial Guinea?: 17, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Equatorial Guinea?: 15 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2019.
How do Congo and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?: Congo ranks 179th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 178th of 188 countries.
Where does this data come from?: The World Bank, published as Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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: 10 August 2026

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.