Paying taxes: Time in Ecuador

Ecuador: Paying taxes: Time was 664 hours per year in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
664 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
6th
of 190 countries
All-time high
666 hours per year
in 2017
All-time low
600 hours per year
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Ecuador, 2005–2019

02004006002005201220192005: 600 hours per year2006: 600 hours per year2007: 600 hours per year2008: 600 hours per year2009: 600 hours per year2010: 654 hours per year2011: 654 hours per year2012: 654 hours per year2013: 654 hours per year2014: 654 hours per year2015: 654 hours per year2016: 664 hours per year2017: 666 hours per year2018: 664 hours per year2019: 664 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes: time in Ecuador is 664 hours per year, measured in 2019.

That represents a change of up 10.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Ecuador peaked at 666 hours per year in 2017 and was at its lowest, 600 hours per year, in 2005.

Ecuador ranks 6th of 190 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

Paying taxes: Time in Ecuador, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) in Ecuador, 2005 to 2019.
Year hours per year Change
2005 600 hours per year —
2006 600 hours per year +0.0%
2007 600 hours per year +0.0%
2008 600 hours per year +0.0%
2009 600 hours per year +0.0%
2010 654 hours per year +9.0%
2011 654 hours per year +0.0%
2012 654 hours per year +0.0%
2013 654 hours per year +0.0%
2014 654 hours per year +0.0%
2015 654 hours per year +0.0%
2016 664 hours per year +1.5%
2017 666 hours per year +0.3%
2018 664 hours per year -0.3%
2019 664 hours per year +0.0%

Ecuador compared with similar countries

  • Ecuador's 664 hours per year is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 213 hours per year, 3.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Ecuador's 664 hours per year is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 218 hours per year, 3.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 600 hours per year 600 hours per year 600 hours per year 5
2010s 658.2 hours per year 654 hours per year 666 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Ecuador

  1. 3 Venezuela 920 hours per year compare
  2. 4 Libya 889 hours per year compare
  3. 5 Chad 834 hours per year compare
  4. 7 Gabon 632 hours per year compare
  5. 8 Cameroon 624 hours per year compare
  6. 9 Congo 602 hours per year compare

See the full ranking of 190 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Ecuador?
Paying taxes: time in Ecuador was 664 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Ecuador?
The highest recorded value was 666 hours per year in 2017.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Ecuador?
The lowest recorded value was 600 hours per year in 2005.
How does Ecuador rank for paying taxes: time?
Ecuador ranks 6th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Ecuador?
Over the last ten years it is up 10.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Ecuador data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes: Time (hours per year). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year)
Unit
hours per year
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 2,789 data points, 2005–2019
Last refreshed

The time to comply with tax laws measures the time taken to prepare, ?le and pay three major types of taxes and contributions: the corporate income tax, value added or sales tax and labor taxes, including payroll taxes and social contributions.