How does Guyana rank for paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology)?

Guyana ranks 69th out of 154 countries with data for 2019.

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

Name: Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) in Guyana
Creator: World Bank
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Guyana: Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) was 40.77 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)

40.77

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

69th

of 154 countries

All-time high

40.77

in 2015

All-time low

40.77

in 2015

Years of data

2015–2019

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

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in Guyana stood at 40.77. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over five years.

That places Guyana 69th out of 154 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Guyana

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in Guyana?: Paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in Guyana was 40.77 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) recorded in Guyana?: The highest recorded value was 40.77 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) recorded in Guyana?: The lowest recorded value was 40.77 in 2015.
How does Guyana rank for paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology)?: Guyana ranks 69th out of 154 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Guyana 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
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026

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.