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

Malawi
34
in 2019
Namibia
40
in 2019
Malawi rank
85th
Namibia rank
84th

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

  • Malawi
  • Namibia
010203040201520172019

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 40 against 34 in Malawi, a difference of 6.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.2 times Malawi's.

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

Malawi ranks 85th and Namibia ranks 84th of 156 countries.

Namibia 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), Malawi or Namibia?
Namibia, at 40 against 34 in Malawi as of 2019.
What is the difference in paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) between Malawi and Namibia?
6, with Namibia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Namibia?
5 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2019.
How do Malawi and Namibia rank globally for paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20)?
Malawi ranks 85th and Namibia ranks 84th of 156 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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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
156 places, 780 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.