Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20) in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20) was 89 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
89
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
34th
of 157 countries
All-time high
89
in 2015
All-time low
89
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20) in Costa Rica, 2015–2019

0204060802015201720192015: 892016: 892017: 892018: 892019: 89

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) in Costa Rica is 89, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is unchanged over five years.

That places Costa Rica 34th out of 157 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20) in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Costa Rica, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 89
2016 89 +0.0%
2017 89 +0.0%
2018 89 +0.0%
2019 89 +0.0%

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 34 Papua New Guinea 89 compare
  2. 36 Cape Verde 88 compare
  3. 37 Vanuatu 86 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) in Costa Rica?
Paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) in Costa Rica was 89 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 89 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 89 in 2015.
How does Costa Rica rank for paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20)?
Costa Rica ranks 34th out of 157 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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
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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.