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

Germany: Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) was 96.2 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
96.2
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
4th
of 154 countries
All-time high
96.2
in 2015
All-time low
96.2
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060801002015201720192015: 96.22016: 96.22017: 96.22018: 96.22019: 96.2

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Germany recorded 96.2 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.

Germany ranks 4th of 154 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Countries ranked near Germany

  1. 1 Austria 100 compare
  2. 1 Djibouti 0 compare
  3. 1 Estonia 100 compare
  4. 3 Mauritius 97.86 compare
  5. 4 New Zealand 96.2 compare
  6. 4 Slovenia 96.2 compare
  7. 7 Croatia 94.27 compare
  8. 7 Finland 94.27 compare
  9. 7 France 94.27 compare
  10. 7 Latvia 94.27 compare
  11. 7 Lithuania 94.27 compare
  12. 7 Yemen 94.27 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in Germany?
Paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in Germany was 96.2 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) recorded in Germany?
The highest recorded value was 96.2 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) recorded in Germany?
The lowest recorded value was 96.2 in 2015.
How does Germany rank for paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology)?
Germany ranks 4th out of 154 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Germany 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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Indicator
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.