How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and United Arab Emirates?

10 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2014.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank, published as Trading across borders: Cost to import (US$ per container)(DB06-15 methodology) - Score. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Samoa vs United Arab Emirates: Trading across borders: Cost to import (US$ per container)(DB06-15)

Samoa

95.62

in 2014

United Arab Emirates

95.44

in 2014

Samoa rank

9th

United Arab Emirates rank

10th

Trading across borders: Cost to import (US$ per container)(DB06-15) over time

Samoa
United Arab Emirates

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 95.62 against 95.44 in United Arab Emirates, a difference of 0.18.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 10 shared years of data; in 2005 it was United Arab Emirates ahead.

Samoa ranks 9th and United Arab Emirates ranks 10th of 183 countries.

Across the 2 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 1 and United Arab Emirates in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Samoa	United Arab Emirates	Difference	Ahead
2000s	91.39	92.8	1.42	United Arab Emirates
2010s	95.3	94.66	0.6411	Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher trading across borders: cost to import (us$ per container)(db06-15), Samoa or United Arab Emirates?: Samoa, at 95.62 against 95.44 in United Arab Emirates as of 2014.
What is the difference in trading across borders: cost to import (us$ per container)(db06-15) between Samoa and United Arab Emirates?: 0.18, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and United Arab Emirates?: 10 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2014.
How do Samoa and United Arab Emirates rank globally for trading across borders: cost to import (us$ per container)(db06-15)?: Samoa ranks 9th and United Arab Emirates ranks 10th of 183 countries.
Where does this data come from?: The World Bank, published as Trading across borders: Cost to import (US$ per container)(DB06-15 methodology) - Score. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Trading across borders: Cost to import (US$ per container)(DB06-15 methodology) - Score
Source: World Bank
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 183 places, 1,813 data points, 2005–2014
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026

The score for the cost to import benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges 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 DB06-15 studies.