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

Portugal: Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) was 78.83 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
78.83
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
30th
of 156 countries
All-time high
78.83
in 2015
All-time low
78.83
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 78.82016: 78.82017: 78.82018: 78.82019: 78.8

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in Portugal stood at 78.83. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over five years.

Portugal ranks 30th of 156 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Portugal, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 78.83
2016 78.83 +0.0%
2017 78.83 +0.0%
2018 78.83 +0.0%
2019 78.83 +0.0%

Countries ranked near Portugal

  1. 27 Canada 79.1 compare
  2. 28 Samoa 79.06 compare
  3. 29 Norway 78.92 compare
  4. 31 Ukraine 78.55 compare
  5. 32 Netherlands 78.19 compare
  6. 32 Switzerland 78.19 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in Portugal?
Paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in Portugal was 78.83 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) recorded in Portugal?
The highest recorded value was 78.83 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) recorded in Portugal?
The lowest recorded value was 78.83 in 2015.
How does Portugal rank for paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology)?
Portugal ranks 30th out of 156 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Portugal 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
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.