Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score in Gabon

Gabon: Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score was 21.67 in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
21.67
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
179th
of 191 countries
All-time high
61.67
in 2005
All-time low
21.67
in 2018
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score in Gabon, 2005–2019

02040602005201220192005: 61.72006: 61.72007: 61.72008: 61.72009: 61.72010: 61.72011: 61.72012: 61.72013: 61.72014: 61.72015: 61.72016: 61.72017: 61.72018: 21.72019: 21.7

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Gabon recorded 21.67 for paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 64.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Gabon peaked at 61.67 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 21.67, in 2018.

Gabon ranks 179th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.

Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score in Gabon, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score in Gabon, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 61.67 —
2006 61.67 +0.0%
2007 61.67 +0.0%
2008 61.67 +0.0%
2009 61.67 +0.0%
2010 61.67 +0.0%
2011 61.67 +0.0%
2012 61.67 +0.0%
2013 61.67 +0.0%
2014 61.67 +0.0%
2015 61.67 +0.0%
2016 61.67 +0.0%
2017 61.67 +0.0%
2018 21.67 -64.9%
2019 21.67 +0.0%

Gabon compared with similar countries

  • Gabon's 21.67 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 80, 27% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Gabon's 21.67 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 46.67, 46% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 61.67 61.67 61.67 5
2010s 53.67 21.67 61.67 10

Countries ranked near Gabon

  1. 176 Nigeria 25 compare
  2. 177 Gambia 23.33 compare
  3. 177 Togo 23.33 compare
  4. 179 Congo 21.67 compare
  5. 181 Zimbabwe 20 compare
  6. 182 Democratic Republic of Congo 18.33 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Gabon?
Paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Gabon was 21.67 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in Gabon?
The highest recorded value was 61.67 in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in Gabon?
The lowest recorded value was 21.67 in 2018.
How does Gabon rank for paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score?
Gabon ranks 179th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score rising or falling in Gabon?
Over the last ten years it is down 64.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Gabon data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 2,794 data points, 2005–2019
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The score for tax payments 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.