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

Gambia: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 57.19 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
57.19
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
159th
of 191 countries
All-time high
57.19
in 2015
All-time low
49.46
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

02040602005201220192005: 49.52006: 49.52007: 49.52008: 49.52009: 49.52010: 49.52011: 49.52012: 49.52013: 49.52014: 49.52015: 57.22016: 57.22017: 57.22018: 57.22019: 57.2

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Gambia stood at 57.19. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

The figure is up 15.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Gambia peaked at 57.19 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 49.46, in 2005.

Gambia ranks 159th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Gambia, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 49.46 —
2006 49.46 +0.0%
2007 49.46 +0.0%
2008 49.46 +0.0%
2009 49.46 +0.0%
2010 49.46 +0.0%
2011 49.46 +0.0%
2012 49.46 +0.0%
2013 49.46 +0.0%
2014 49.46 +0.0%
2015 57.19 +15.6%
2016 57.19 +0.0%
2017 57.19 +0.0%
2018 57.19 +0.0%
2019 57.19 +0.0%

Gambia compared with similar countries

  • Gambia's 57.19 is below the median for low income countries, which is 67.54, 85% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
  • Gambia's 57.19 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 70.94, 81% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 49.46 49.46 49.46 5
2010s 53.32 49.46 57.19 10

Countries ranked near Gambia

  1. 156 Argentina 59.43 compare
  2. 157 Iraq 59.35 compare
  3. 158 Dominican Republic 58.58 compare
  4. 160 Lesotho 57.03 compare
  5. 161 Ukraine 56.96 compare
  6. 162 Poland 55.95 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 Gambia?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Gambia was 57.19 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Gambia?
The highest recorded value was 57.19 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Gambia?
The lowest recorded value was 49.46 in 2005.
How does Gambia rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Gambia ranks 159th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Gambia?
Over the last ten years it is up 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Gambia 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.