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

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

Latest (2019)
89
Change on year
down 5.3%
World rank
34th
of 157 countries
All-time high
94
in 2015
All-time low
89
in 2019
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060801002015201720192015: 942016: 942017: 942018: 942019: 89

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) in Papua New Guinea stood at 89. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is down 5.3% on the previous year and down 5.3% over five years.

Papua New Guinea ranks 34th of 157 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20) in Papua New Guinea, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Papua New Guinea, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 94
2016 94 +0.0%
2017 94 +0.0%
2018 94 +0.0%
2019 89 -5.3%

Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea

  1. 34 Costa Rica 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 Papua New Guinea?
Paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) in Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New Guinea?
The highest recorded value was 94 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) recorded in Papua New Guinea?
The lowest recorded value was 89 in 2019.
How does Papua New Guinea rank for paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20)?
Papua New Guinea ranks 34th out of 157 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Papua New Guinea 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
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.