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

Canada: Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) was 79.1 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
79.1
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
27th
of 157 countries
All-time high
79.1
in 2015
All-time low
79.1
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 79.12016: 79.12017: 79.12018: 79.12019: 79.1

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Canada recorded 79.1 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.

That represents a change of unchanged over five years.

Canada ranks 27th of 157 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Canada, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 79.1 —
2016 79.1 +0.0%
2017 79.1 +0.0%
2018 79.1 +0.0%
2019 79.1 +0.0%

Canada compared with similar countries

  • Canada's 79.1 is above the median for high income countries, which is 76.9, 1.0× the median. (49 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Canada

  1. 24 Taiwan 84.02 compare
  2. 25 Cote d'Ivoire 81.31 compare
  3. 26 Moldova 80.48 compare
  4. 28 Samoa 79.06 compare
  5. 29 Norway 78.92 compare
  6. 30 Portugal 78.83 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in Canada?
Paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in Canada was 79.1 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) recorded in Canada?
The highest recorded value was 79.1 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) recorded in Canada?
The lowest recorded value was 79.1 in 2015.
How does Canada rank for paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology)?
Canada ranks 27th out of 157 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Canada 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.