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
181st
of 188 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 181st 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

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

Countries ranked near Gabon

  1. 178 Equatorial Guinea 31.53 compare
  2. 179 Congo 14.53 compare
  3. 180 Cameroon 11.13 compare
  4. 182 Ecuador 4.95 compare
  5. 183 Brazil 0 compare
  6. 183 Bolivia 0 compare
  7. 183 Chad 0 compare
  8. 183 Libya 0 compare
  9. 183 Somalia 0 compare
  10. 183 Venezuela 0 compare

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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 181st out of 188 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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About this data

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

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.