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

Equatorial Guinea: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 31.53 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
31.53
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
181st
of 191 countries
All-time high
31.53
in 2005
All-time low
31.53
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

01020302005201220192005: 31.52006: 31.52007: 31.52008: 31.52009: 31.52010: 31.52011: 31.52012: 31.52013: 31.52014: 31.52015: 31.52016: 31.52017: 31.52018: 31.52019: 31.5

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Equatorial Guinea stood at 31.53. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

The figure is unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 31.53 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 31.53, in 2005.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 181st of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Equatorial Guinea, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Equatorial Guinea, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 31.53 —
2006 31.53 +0.0%
2007 31.53 +0.0%
2008 31.53 +0.0%
2009 31.53 +0.0%
2010 31.53 +0.0%
2011 31.53 +0.0%
2012 31.53 +0.0%
2013 31.53 +0.0%
2014 31.53 +0.0%
2015 31.53 +0.0%
2016 31.53 +0.0%
2017 31.53 +0.0%
2018 31.53 +0.0%
2019 31.53 +0.0%

Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries

  • Equatorial Guinea's 31.53 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 74.65, 42% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Equatorial Guinea's 31.53 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 70.94, 44% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 31.53 31.53 31.53 5
2010s 31.53 31.53 31.53 10

Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea

  1. 178 Bangladesh 40.34 compare
  2. 179 Bulgaria 39.41 compare
  3. 180 Central African Republic 32.92 compare
  4. 182 Congo 14.53 compare
  5. 183 Cameroon 11.13 compare
  6. 184 Gabon 9.89 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Equatorial Guinea?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Equatorial Guinea was 31.53 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
The highest recorded value was 31.53 in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
The lowest recorded value was 31.53 in 2005.
How does Equatorial Guinea rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Equatorial Guinea ranks 181st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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.