Jamaica vs Malawi: Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20)

Jamaica
20
in 2019
Malawi
34
in 2019
Jamaica rank
89th
Malawi rank
86th

Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20) over time

  • Jamaica
  • Malawi
0102030201520172019

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 34 against 20 in Jamaica, a difference of 14.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.7 times Jamaica's.

Across all 5 years both countries report, Malawi has been ahead every year.

Jamaica ranks 89th and Malawi ranks 86th of 157 countries.

Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20), Jamaica or Malawi?
Malawi, at 34 against 20 in Jamaica as of 2019.
What is the difference in paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) between Jamaica and Malawi?
14, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Malawi?
5 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2019.
How do Jamaica and Malawi rank globally for paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20)?
Jamaica ranks 89th and Malawi ranks 86th of 157 countries.
Where does this data come from?
The World Bank, published as Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
157 places, 785 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed

The score for time to comply with VAT refund 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, and is computed based on the methodology in the DB17-20 studies.