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

Gabon: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 35.92 in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
35.92
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
183rd
of 191 countries
All-time high
51.64
in 2015
All-time low
35.92
in 2018
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02040602015201720192015: 51.62016: 51.62017: 51.62018: 35.92019: 35.9

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Gabon is 35.92, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 30.4% over five years.

That places Gabon 183rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Gabon, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 51.64 —
2016 51.64 +0.0%
2017 51.64 +0.0%
2018 35.92 -30.4%
2019 35.92 +0.0%

Gabon compared with similar countries

  • Gabon's 35.92 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 71.14, 50% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Gabon's 35.92 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 57.37, 63% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Gabon

  1. 180 Equatorial Guinea 41.54 compare
  2. 181 Democratic Republic of Congo 40.93 compare
  3. 182 Cameroon 36.34 compare
  4. 184 Guinea 35.49 compare
  5. 185 Brazil 34.4 compare
  6. 186 Congo 26.79 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Gabon?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Gabon was 35.92 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Gabon?
The highest recorded value was 51.64 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Gabon?
The lowest recorded value was 35.92 in 2018.
How does Gabon rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Gabon ranks 183rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Gabon 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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Indicator
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.