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

Malawi: Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20) was 34 in 2019. β–¬ Flat

Latest (2019)
34
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
85th
of 156 countries
All-time high
34
in 2015
All-time low
34
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

01020302015201720192015: 342016: 342017: 342018: 342019: 34

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Malawi recorded 34 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.

The figure is unchanged over five years.

Malawi ranks 85th of 156 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Malawi

  1. 83 Mozambique, Republic of 44 compare
  2. 84 Namibia 40 compare
  3. 85 Honduras 34 compare
  4. 87 Senegal 32 compare
  5. 88 Bosnia and Herzegovina 20 compare
  6. 88 Jamaica 20 compare

See the full ranking of 156 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) in Malawi?
Paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) in Malawi was 34 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) recorded in Malawi?
The highest recorded value was 34 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) recorded in Malawi?
The lowest recorded value was 34 in 2015.
How does Malawi rank for paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20)?
Malawi ranks 85th out of 156 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Malawi 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
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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.