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

Ecuador: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 4.95 in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
4.95
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
185th
of 191 countries
All-time high
14.84
in 2005
All-time low
4.64
in 2017
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Ecuador, 2005–2019

57.51012.5152005201220192005: 14.82006: 14.82007: 14.82008: 14.82009: 14.82010: 6.52011: 6.52012: 6.52013: 6.52014: 6.52015: 6.52016: 4.92017: 4.62018: 4.92019: 4.9

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Ecuador stood at 4.95.

The figure is down 66.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Ecuador peaked at 14.84 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 4.64, in 2017.

Ecuador ranks 185th 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: Time (hours per year) - Score in Ecuador, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Ecuador, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 14.84 —
2006 14.84 +0.0%
2007 14.84 +0.0%
2008 14.84 +0.0%
2009 14.84 +0.0%
2010 6.49 -56.2%
2011 6.49 +0.0%
2012 6.49 +0.0%
2013 6.49 +0.0%
2014 6.49 +0.0%
2015 6.49 +0.0%
2016 4.95 -23.8%
2017 4.64 -6.2%
2018 4.95 +6.7%
2019 4.95 +0.0%

Ecuador compared with similar countries

  • Ecuador's 4.95 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 74.65, 7% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Ecuador's 4.95 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 73.88, 7% of the median. (33 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 14.84 14.84 14.84 5
2010s 5.84 4.64 6.49 10

Countries ranked near Ecuador

  1. 182 Congo 14.53 compare
  2. 183 Cameroon 11.13 compare
  3. 184 Gabon 9.89 compare
  4. 186 Brazil 0
  5. 186 Bolivia 0
  6. 186 Chad 0
  7. 186 Libya 0
  8. 186 Somalia 0
  9. 186 Venezuela 0

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Ecuador?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Ecuador was 4.95 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Ecuador?
The highest recorded value was 14.84 in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Ecuador?
The lowest recorded value was 4.64 in 2017.
How does Ecuador rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Ecuador ranks 185th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Ecuador?
Over the last ten years it is down 66.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Ecuador data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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
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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.