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

Greece: Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20) was 65 in 2019. β–² Rising

Latest (2019)
65
Change on year
up 6.6%
World rank
71st
of 156 countries
All-time high
65
in 2019
All-time low
61
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02040602015201720192015: 612016: 612017: 612018: 612019: 65

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Greece recorded 65 for paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.6% on the previous year and up 6.6% over five years.

That places Greece 71st out of 156 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Greece

  1. 68 Eswatini, Kingdom of 68 compare
  2. 68 Thailand 68 compare
  3. 68 Ukraine 68 compare
  4. 72 Indonesia 64 compare
  5. 72 Palestine 64 compare
  6. 74 Guyana 60 compare

See the full ranking of 156 places β†’

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All data for Greece β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) in Greece?
Paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) in Greece was 65 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) recorded in Greece?
The highest recorded value was 65 in 2019.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) recorded in Greece?
The lowest recorded value was 61 in 2015.
How does Greece rank for paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20)?
Greece ranks 71st out of 156 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Greece 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
156 places, 780 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.