Ecuador vs Gabon: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score

Ecuador
4.95
in 2019
Gabon
9.89
in 2019
Ecuador rank
185th
Gabon rank
184th

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

  • Ecuador
  • Gabon
0102030200520122019

How they compare

Gabon currently reports 9.89 against 4.95 in Ecuador, a difference of 4.94.

That makes Gabon's figure about 2.0 times Ecuador's.

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

Ecuador ranks 185th and Gabon ranks 184th of 191 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Ecuador Gabon Difference Ahead
2000s 14.84 32.15 17.31 Gabon
2010s 5.84 27.7 21.85 Gabon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score, Ecuador or Gabon?
Gabon, at 9.89 against 4.95 in Ecuador as of 2019.
What is the difference in paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score between Ecuador and Gabon?
4.94, with Gabon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Gabon?
15 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2019.
How do Ecuador and Gabon rank globally for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Ecuador ranks 185th and Gabon ranks 184th of 191 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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Indicator
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 2,794 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.