How does Estonia rank for paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20)?

Estonia ranks 13th out of 156 countries with data for 2019.

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

Name: Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20) in Estonia
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Estonia: Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20) was 97.5 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)

97.5

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

13th

of 156 countries

All-time high

97.5

in 2015

All-time low

97.5

in 2015

Years of data

2015–2019

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

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) in Estonia stood at 97.5. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over five years.

That places Estonia 13th out of 156 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) in Estonia?: Paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) in Estonia was 97.5 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) recorded in Estonia?: The highest recorded value was 97.5 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) recorded in Estonia?: The lowest recorded value was 97.5 in 2015.
How does Estonia rank for paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20)?: Estonia ranks 13th out of 156 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Estonia 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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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: 10 August 2026

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.