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 182nd out of 188 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.

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

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

Latest (2019)

4.95

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

182nd

of 188 countries

All-time high

14.84

in 2005

All-time low

4.64

in 2017

Years of data

2005–2019

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

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 182nd of 188 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
2000s	14.84	14.84	14.84	5
2010s	5.84	4.64	6.49	10

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More reference data data for Ecuador

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Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 2.51 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 4.74 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1826 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 4.74 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 3.14 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.18 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 13.63 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 23.57 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.9943 (2050)

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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 182nd out of 188 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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Indicator: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score
Source: World Bank
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 190 places, 2,783 data points, 2005–2019
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026

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.