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

Gabon: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 9.89 in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
9.89
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
184th
of 191 countries
All-time high
32.15
in 2005
All-time low
9.89
in 2018
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

10152025302005201220192005: 32.12006: 32.12007: 32.12008: 32.12009: 32.12010: 32.12011: 32.12012: 32.12013: 32.12014: 32.12015: 32.12016: 32.12017: 32.12018: 9.92019: 9.9

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Gabon is 9.89, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

The figure is down 69.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Gabon peaked at 32.15 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 9.89, in 2018.

Gabon ranks 184th 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 Gabon, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Gabon, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 32.15 —
2006 32.15 +0.0%
2007 32.15 +0.0%
2008 32.15 +0.0%
2009 32.15 +0.0%
2010 32.15 +0.0%
2011 32.15 +0.0%
2012 32.15 +0.0%
2013 32.15 +0.0%
2014 32.15 +0.0%
2015 32.15 +0.0%
2016 32.15 +0.0%
2017 32.15 +0.0%
2018 9.89 -69.2%
2019 9.89 +0.0%

Gabon compared with similar countries

  • Gabon's 9.89 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 74.65, 13% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Gabon's 9.89 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 70.94, 14% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 32.15 32.15 32.15 5
2010s 27.7 9.89 32.15 10

Countries ranked near Gabon

  1. 181 Equatorial Guinea 31.53 compare
  2. 182 Congo 14.53 compare
  3. 183 Cameroon 11.13 compare
  4. 185 Ecuador 4.95 compare
  5. 186 Brazil 0
  6. 186 Bolivia 0
  7. 186 Chad 0
  8. 186 Libya 0
  9. 186 Somalia 0
  10. 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 Gabon?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Gabon was 9.89 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Gabon?
The highest recorded value was 32.15 in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Gabon?
The lowest recorded value was 9.89 in 2018.
How does Gabon rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Gabon ranks 184th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Gabon?
Over the last ten years it is down 69.2%. 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: 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.