Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) in Albania

Albania: Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) was 34.7 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
34.7
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
76th
of 156 countries
All-time high
34.7
in 2015
All-time low
34.7
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) in Albania, 2015–2019

01020302015201720192015: 34.72016: 34.72017: 34.72018: 34.72019: 34.7

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in Albania stood at 34.7. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over five years.

That places Albania 76th out of 156 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Albania

  1. 73 Cape Verde 38.29 compare
  2. 74 Mozambique 35.3 compare
  3. 75 North Macedonia 35.25 compare
  4. 77 Nepal 34.15 compare
  5. 78 Chile 33.32 compare
  6. 79 Iran 31.85 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in Albania?
Paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in Albania was 34.7 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) recorded in Albania?
The highest recorded value was 34.7 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) recorded in Albania?
The lowest recorded value was 34.7 in 2015.
How does Albania rank for paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology)?
Albania ranks 76th out of 156 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Albania data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (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 obtain 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.