Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score in Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea: Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score was 13.2% in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
13.2%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
186th
of 191 countries
All-time high
69.8%
in 2013
All-time low
13.2%
in 2016
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score in Equatorial Guinea, 2005–2019

2040602005201220192005: 69.82006: 69.82007: 69.82008: 69.82009: 69.82010: 69.82011: 69.82012: 69.82013: 69.82014: 69.82015: 69.82016: 13.22017: 13.22018: 13.22019: 13.2

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score in Equatorial Guinea is 13.2%, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of down 81.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 69.8% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 13.2%, in 2016.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 186th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score in Equatorial Guinea, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score in Equatorial Guinea, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 69.8%
2006 69.8% +0.0%
2007 69.8% +0.0%
2008 69.8% +0.0%
2009 69.8% +0.0%
2010 69.8% +0.0%
2011 69.8% +0.0%
2012 69.8% +0.0%
2013 69.8% +0.0%
2014 69.8% +0.0%
2015 69.8% +0.0%
2016 13.2% -81.1%
2017 13.2% +0.0%
2018 13.2% +0.0%
2019 13.2% +0.0%

Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries

  • Equatorial Guinea's 13.2% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 86.4%, 15% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Equatorial Guinea's 13.2% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 73.9%, 18% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 69.8% 69.8% 69.8% 5
2010s 47.1% 13.2% 69.8% 10

Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea

  1. 183 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 25.9% compare
  2. 184 Central African Republic 25.8% compare
  3. 185 Palau 19.2% compare
  4. 187 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.5% compare
  5. 188 Eritrea 1.3% compare
  6. 189 Argentina 0.0%
  7. 189 Comoros 0.0%
  8. 189 Somalia 0.0%

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score in Equatorial Guinea?
Paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score in Equatorial Guinea was 13.2% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
The highest recorded value was 69.8% in 2013.
What is the lowest paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
The lowest recorded value was 13.2% in 2016.
How does Equatorial Guinea rank for paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score?
Equatorial Guinea ranks 186th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
Over the last ten years it is down 81.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Equatorial Guinea data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - 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 total tax and contribution rate 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.