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

Denmark: Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) was 86.69 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
86.69
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
19th
of 157 countries
All-time high
86.69
in 2015
All-time low
86.69
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 86.72016: 86.72017: 86.72018: 86.72019: 86.7

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in Denmark stood at 86.69. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is unchanged over five years.

That places Denmark 19th out of 157 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Denmark, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 86.69 —
2016 86.69 +0.0%
2017 86.69 +0.0%
2018 86.69 +0.0%
2019 86.69 +0.0%

Denmark compared with similar countries

  • Denmark's 86.69 is above the median for high income countries, which is 76.9, 1.1× the median. (49 countries reporting)
  • Denmark's 86.69 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 74.65, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Denmark

  1. 16 Poland 90.41 compare
  2. 16 Sweden 90.41 compare
  3. 18 South Korea 89.49 compare
  4. 20 Georgia 86.55 compare
  5. 21 Serbia 86.41 compare
  6. 22 Japan 85.36 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in Denmark?
Paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in Denmark was 86.69 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) recorded in Denmark?
The highest recorded value was 86.69 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) recorded in Denmark?
The lowest recorded value was 86.69 in 2015.
How does Denmark rank for paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology)?
Denmark ranks 19th out of 157 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Denmark 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.