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

Rwanda: Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) was 30.57 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
30.57
Change on year
up 14.5%
World rank
81st
of 157 countries
All-time high
30.57
in 2019
All-time low
26.71
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

01020302015201720192015: 26.72016: 26.72017: 26.72018: 26.72019: 30.6

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in Rwanda stood at 30.57. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.5% on the previous year and up 14.5% over five years.

That places Rwanda 81st out of 157 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Rwanda, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 26.71 —
2016 26.71 +0.0%
2017 26.71 +0.0%
2018 26.71 +0.0%
2019 30.57 +14.5%

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in Rwanda?
Paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in Rwanda was 30.57 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) recorded in Rwanda?
The highest recorded value was 30.57 in 2019.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) recorded in Rwanda?
The lowest recorded value was 26.71 in 2015.
How does Rwanda rank for paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology)?
Rwanda ranks 81st out of 157 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Rwanda 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.