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

Gabon: Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) was 20.91 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
20.91
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
90th
of 157 countries
All-time high
20.91
in 2015
All-time low
20.91
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

051015202015201720192015: 20.92016: 20.92017: 20.92018: 20.92019: 20.9

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in Gabon stood at 20.91. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over five years.

Gabon ranks 90th of 157 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Gabon, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 20.91 —
2016 20.91 +0.0%
2017 20.91 +0.0%
2018 20.91 +0.0%
2019 20.91 +0.0%

Gabon compared with similar countries

  • Gabon's 20.91 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 25.05, 83% of the median. (49 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Gabon

  1. 87 Saint Kitts and Nevis 23.86 compare
  2. 88 Lebanon 21.93 compare
  3. 89 Cyprus 21.65 compare
  4. 91 Malawi 20.64 compare
  5. 92 Indonesia 14.02 compare
  6. 93 Zimbabwe 13.19 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in Gabon?
Paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in Gabon was 20.91 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) recorded in Gabon?
The highest recorded value was 20.91 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) recorded in Gabon?
The lowest recorded value was 20.91 in 2015.
How does Gabon rank for paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology)?
Gabon ranks 90th out of 157 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Gabon 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.