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

Serbia: Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) was 86.41 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
86.41
Change on year
up 11.0%
World rank
21st
of 156 countries
All-time high
86.41
in 2019
All-time low
77.86
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 77.92016: 77.92017: 77.92018: 77.92019: 86.4

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Serbia recorded 86.41 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.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.0% on the previous year and up 11.0% over five years.

That places Serbia 21st out of 156 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

Countries ranked near Serbia

  1. 18 Korea 89.49 compare
  2. 19 Denmark 86.69 compare
  3. 20 Georgia 86.55 compare
  4. 22 Japan 85.36 compare
  5. 23 Hungary 84.62 compare
  6. 24 Chinese Taipei 84.02 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in Serbia?
Paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in Serbia was 86.41 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) recorded in Serbia?
The highest recorded value was 86.41 in 2019.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) recorded in Serbia?
The lowest recorded value was 77.86 in 2015.
How does Serbia rank for paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology)?
Serbia ranks 21st out of 156 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Serbia 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.