Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Ecuador

Ecuador: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 58.63 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
58.63
Change on year
down 1.3%
World rank
148th
of 191 countries
All-time high
59.58
in 2015
All-time low
58.39
in 2017
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Ecuador, 2015–2019

02040602015201720192015: 59.62016: 59.32017: 58.42018: 59.42019: 58.6

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Ecuador recorded 58.63 for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in 2019.

That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and down 1.6% over five years.

Ecuador ranks 148th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Ecuador, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Ecuador, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 59.58 —
2016 59.3 -0.5%
2017 58.39 -1.5%
2018 59.38 +1.7%
2019 58.63 -1.3%

Ecuador compared with similar countries

  • Ecuador's 58.63 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 71.14, 82% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Ecuador's 58.63 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 64.41, 91% of the median. (33 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Ecuador

  1. 145 Iran 59.54 compare
  2. 146 Antigua and Barbuda 58.88 compare
  3. 147 Zimbabwe 58.71 compare
  4. 149 Colombia 58.62 compare
  5. 150 Haiti 57.58 compare
  6. 151 Dominican Republic 57.44 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Ecuador?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Ecuador was 58.63 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Ecuador?
The highest recorded value was 59.58 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Ecuador?
The lowest recorded value was 58.39 in 2017.
How does Ecuador rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Ecuador ranks 148th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Ecuador data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 955 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed

The score for paying taxes is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators, the payments, time and total tax and contribution rate for a company to comply with tax laws in an economy, as well as the postfiling procedures to request and process a VAT refund claim and to comply with and complete a corporate income tax correction. The score is computed based on the methodology in the DB17-20 studies.