Paying taxes: Time in Gabon
Gabon: Paying taxes: Time was 632 hours per year in 2019. ▲ Rising
Paying taxes: Time in Gabon, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.
Analysis
The most recent figure for paying taxes: time in Gabon is 632 hours per year, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 29.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Gabon peaked at 632 hours per year in 2018 and was at its lowest, 488 hours per year, in 2005.
Gabon ranks 7th 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 Gabon, year by year
| Year | hours per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 488 hours per year | — |
| 2006 | 488 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 488 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 488 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 488 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 488 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 488 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 488 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 488 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 488 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 488 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 488 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 488 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 632 hours per year | +29.5% |
| 2019 | 632 hours per year | +0.0% |
Gabon compared with similar countries
- Gabon's 632 hours per year is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 213 hours per year, 3.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Gabon's 632 hours per year is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 232 hours per year, 2.7× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 488 hours per year | 488 hours per year | 488 hours per year | 5 |
| 2010s | 516.8 hours per year | 488 hours per year | 632 hours per year | 10 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
More reference data data for Gabon
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0319 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0505 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0931 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0031 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0931 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.107 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.1347 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.2352 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.5278 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0167 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is paying taxes: time in Gabon?
- Paying taxes: time in Gabon was 632 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 632 hours per year in 2018.
- What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 488 hours per year in 2005.
- How does Gabon rank for paying taxes: time?
- Gabon ranks 7th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gabon 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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About this data
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.