Paying taxes: Time in Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea: Paying taxes: Time was 492 hours per year in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
492 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
10th
of 190 countries
All-time high
492 hours per year
in 2005
All-time low
492 hours per year
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Equatorial Guinea, 2005–2019

01002003004005002005201220192005: 492 hours per year2006: 492 hours per year2007: 492 hours per year2008: 492 hours per year2009: 492 hours per year2010: 492 hours per year2011: 492 hours per year2012: 492 hours per year2013: 492 hours per year2014: 492 hours per year2015: 492 hours per year2016: 492 hours per year2017: 492 hours per year2018: 492 hours per year2019: 492 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

Equatorial Guinea recorded 492 hours per year for paying taxes: time in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 492 hours per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 492 hours per year, in 2005.

That places Equatorial Guinea 10th out of 190 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

Paying taxes: Time in Equatorial Guinea, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) in Equatorial Guinea, 2005 to 2019.
Year hours per year Change
2005 492 hours per year —
2006 492 hours per year +0.0%
2007 492 hours per year +0.0%
2008 492 hours per year +0.0%
2009 492 hours per year +0.0%
2010 492 hours per year +0.0%
2011 492 hours per year +0.0%
2012 492 hours per year +0.0%
2013 492 hours per year +0.0%
2014 492 hours per year +0.0%
2015 492 hours per year +0.0%
2016 492 hours per year +0.0%
2017 492 hours per year +0.0%
2018 492 hours per year +0.0%
2019 492 hours per year +0.0%

Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries

  • Equatorial Guinea's 492 hours per year is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 213 hours per year, 2.3× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Equatorial Guinea's 492 hours per year is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 232 hours per year, 2.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 492 hours per year 492 hours per year 492 hours per year 5
2010s 492 hours per year 492 hours per year 492 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea

  1. 7 Gabon 632 hours per year compare
  2. 8 Cameroon 624 hours per year compare
  3. 9 Congo 602 hours per year compare
  4. 11 Central African Republic 483 hours per year compare
  5. 12 Bulgaria 441 hours per year compare
  6. 13 Bangladesh 435 hours per year compare

See the full ranking of 190 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Equatorial Guinea?
Paying taxes: time in Equatorial Guinea was 492 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
The highest recorded value was 492 hours per year in 2005.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
The lowest recorded value was 492 hours per year in 2005.
How does Equatorial Guinea rank for paying taxes: time?
Equatorial Guinea ranks 10th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time 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). 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
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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.