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

Zambia: Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) was 66.97 in 2019. β–¬ Flat

Latest (2019)
66.97
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
49th
of 156 countries
All-time high
66.97
in 2015
All-time low
66.97
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02040602015201720192015: 672016: 672017: 672018: 672019: 67

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in Zambia stood at 66.97. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over five years.

That places Zambia 49th out of 156 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Zambia

  1. 46 Bosnia and Herzegovina 69.45 compare
  2. 47 Eswatini 69.18 compare
  3. 48 Russian Federation 68.81 compare
  4. 50 Singapore 65.5 compare
  5. 51 Montenegro 64.01 compare
  6. 52 Costa Rica 61.45 compare

See the full ranking of 156 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in Zambia?
Paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in Zambia was 66.97 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) recorded in Zambia?
The highest recorded value was 66.97 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) recorded in Zambia?
The lowest recorded value was 66.97 in 2015.
How does Zambia rank for paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology)?
Zambia ranks 49th out of 156 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Zambia 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.