France vs Lesotho: Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours)

France
10.5 DB17-20 methodology
in 2019
Lesotho
11.5 DB17-20 methodology
in 2019
France rank
46th
Lesotho rank
44th

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

  • France
  • Lesotho
02.557.51012.5201520172019

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 11.5 DB17-20 methodology against 10.5 DB17-20 methodology in France, a difference of 1 DB17-20 methodology.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times France's.

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

France ranks 46th and Lesotho ranks 44th of 102 countries.

Lesotho 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), France or Lesotho?
Lesotho, at 11.5 DB17-20 methodology against 10.5 DB17-20 methodology in France as of 2019.
What is the difference in paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) between France and Lesotho?
1 DB17-20 methodology, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and Lesotho?
5 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2019.
How do France and Lesotho rank globally for paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours)?
France ranks 46th and Lesotho ranks 44th of 102 countries.
Where does this data come from?
The World Bank, published as Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20 methodology). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

France vs Lesotho: Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours). Statizoid. Retrieved 22 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/paying-taxes-time-to-comply-with-vat-refund-hours-db17-20-methodology/france/lesotho/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/paying-taxes-time-to-comply-with-vat-refund-hours-db17-20-methodology/france/lesotho/">France vs Lesotho: Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours)</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20 methodology)
Unit
DB17-20 methodology
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
102 places, 510 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed

The time to comply with VAT refund measures the time spent preparing and submitting the refund claim and the time spent preparing information for the tax officers, if, in 50% or more of cases, a company that requests a VAT cash refund arising from a capital purchase would be selected for an additional review. The component indicator is computed based on the methodology in the DB17-20 studies.