Getting credit: Distance to frontier in United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates: Getting credit: Distance to frontier was 70 0-100 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
70 0-100
Change on year
up 40.0%
World rank
45th
of 189 countries
All-time high
70 0-100
in 2019
All-time low
45 0-100
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Getting credit: Distance to frontier in United Arab Emirates, 2015–2019

0204060802015201720192015: 45 0-1002016: 45 0-1002017: 45 0-1002018: 50 0-1002019: 70 0-100

Source: World Bank. Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

United Arab Emirates recorded 70 0-100 for getting credit: distance to frontier in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 40.0% on the previous year and up 55.6% over five years.

United Arab Emirates ranks 45th of 189 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Getting credit: Distance to frontier in United Arab Emirates, year by year

Annual values for Getting credit: Distance to frontier (0-100) in United Arab Emirates, 2015 to 2019.
Year 0-100 Change
2015 45 0-100
2016 45 0-100 +0.0%
2017 45 0-100 +0.0%
2018 50 0-100 +11.1%
2019 70 0-100 +40.0%

United Arab Emirates compared with similar countries

  • United Arab Emirates's 70 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 60 0-100, 1.2× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • United Arab Emirates's 70 0-100 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 40 0-100, 1.8× the median. (23 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near United Arab Emirates

  1. 45 Albania 70 0-100 compare
  2. 45 Armenia 70 0-100 compare
  3. 45 Cote d'Ivoire 70 0-100 compare
  4. 45 Czechia 70 0-100 compare
  5. 45 Denmark 70 0-100 compare
  6. 45 Estonia 70 0-100 compare
  7. 45 Germany 70 0-100 compare
  8. 45 Indonesia 70 0-100 compare
  9. 45 Ireland 70 0-100 compare
  10. 45 Lithuania 70 0-100 compare
  11. 45 Moldova 70 0-100 compare
  12. 45 Papua New Guinea 70 0-100 compare
  13. 45 Slovakia 70 0-100 compare
  14. 45 Thailand 70 0-100 compare
  15. 45 Tonga 70 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is getting credit: distance to frontier in United Arab Emirates?
Getting credit: distance to frontier in United Arab Emirates was 70 0-100 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest getting credit: distance to frontier recorded in United Arab Emirates?
The highest recorded value was 70 0-100 in 2019.
What is the lowest getting credit: distance to frontier recorded in United Arab Emirates?
The lowest recorded value was 45 0-100 in 2015.
How does United Arab Emirates rank for getting credit: distance to frontier?
United Arab Emirates ranks 45th out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this United Arab Emirates data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting credit: Distance to frontier (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Getting credit: Distance to frontier (0-100)
Unit
0-100
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
189 places, 945 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed

Getting credit: Distance to the frontier denotes the distance of each economy to the “frontier,” which represents the highest performance observed on the getting credit indicator across all economies included in Doing Business. An economy’s distance to frontier is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the lowest performance and 100 the frontier.