Ethiopia vs Zimbabwe: Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology)

Ethiopia
12.18
in 2019
Zimbabwe
13.19
in 2019
Ethiopia rank
94th
Zimbabwe rank
93rd

Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Zimbabwe
051015201520172019

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 13.19 against 12.18 in Ethiopia, a difference of 1.01.

That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.1 times Ethiopia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 2015 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 94th and Zimbabwe ranks 93rd of 157 countries.

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

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology), Ethiopia or Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwe, at 13.19 against 12.18 in Ethiopia as of 2019.
What is the difference in paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) between Ethiopia and Zimbabwe?
1.01, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Zimbabwe?
5 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2019.
How do Ethiopia and Zimbabwe rank globally for paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology)?
Ethiopia ranks 94th and Zimbabwe ranks 93rd of 157 countries.
Where does this data come from?
The World Bank, published as Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (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 obtain VAT refund (weeks) (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 obtain 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.