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

Botswana: Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) was 55.39 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
55.39
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
57th
of 157 countries
All-time high
55.39
in 2015
All-time low
55.39
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02040602015201720192015: 55.42016: 55.42017: 55.42018: 55.42019: 55.4

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Botswana recorded 55.39 for paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is unchanged over five years.

Botswana ranks 57th of 157 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) in Botswana, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Botswana, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 55.39 —
2016 55.39 +0.0%
2017 55.39 +0.0%
2018 55.39 +0.0%
2019 55.39 +0.0%

Botswana compared with similar countries

  • Botswana's 55.39 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 25.05, 2.2× the median. (49 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Botswana

  1. 54 Iceland 58.93 compare
  2. 55 Bulgaria 58.24 compare
  3. 56 Saint Lucia 56.77 compare
  4. 58 Romania 53.18 compare
  5. 59 Azerbaijan 52.9 compare
  6. 60 Malta 52.26 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in Botswana?
Paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in Botswana was 55.39 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) recorded in Botswana?
The highest recorded value was 55.39 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) recorded in Botswana?
The lowest recorded value was 55.39 in 2015.
How does Botswana rank for paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology)?
Botswana ranks 57th out of 157 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Botswana 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
157 places, 785 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.