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Time to export (days) (DB06-15 methodology) by country

The time to export records the time associated with exporting a standardized cargo of goods by sea transport through 4 predefined stages: document preparation; customs clearance and inspections; inland transport and handling; and port and terminal handling. It is calculated in calendar days. The time calculation...

Countries reporting
181
Highest
86 DB06-15 methodology
Afghanistan
Lowest
6 DB06-15 methodology
United States
Median
17.06 DB06-15 methodology
Years covered
10
2005–2014
Data points
1,813

What the numbers show

Time to export (days) (DB06-15 methodology) is currently reported for 181 countries. The highest value is 86 DB06-15 methodology in Afghanistan; the lowest is 6 DB06-15 methodology in United States.

The median across all reporting countries is 17.06 DB06-15 methodology, and the mean is 21.56 DB06-15 methodology.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 14.

Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 129 fell. The largest increase was in Venezuela (up 64.7%), and the largest decrease in Georgia (down 83.3%).

Time to export (days): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Afghanistan 86 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 28.4% rising
2 Iraq 80 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 21.6% falling
3 Kazakhstan 79 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 11.2% falling
4 Tajikistan 71 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
5 Chad 70 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 10.3% falling
6 Kyrgyzstan 63 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 1.6% flat
7 Niger 56 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 5.1% flat
7 Venezuela 56 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 64.7% rising
9 Uzbekistan 54 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 31.6% falling
10 Zimbabwe 53 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 1.9% flat
11 Zambia 51 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 3.8% falling
12 Congo 50 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
12 Eritrea 50 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 15.3% falling
14 Central African Republic 46 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 19.3% falling
15 Democratic Republic of Congo 44 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 4.3% falling
15 Ethiopia 44 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 6.4% falling
15 Mongolia 44 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
18 Burkina Faso 41 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 8.9% falling
19 Angola 40 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 37.5% falling
19 Nepal 40 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 7.0% falling
21 Bhutan 38 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
22 Guinea 36 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 5.9% rising
23 Malawi 34 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 24.4% falling
24 Burundi 32 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 31.9% falling
24 Sudan 32 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 42.9% falling
26 Comoros 31 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
26 Lesotho 31 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 29.5% falling
26 Mauritania 31 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 22.5% falling
29 Micronesia (country) 30 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
30 Equatorial Guinea 29 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
30 Paraguay 29 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 19.4% falling
30 Ukraine 29 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 3.3% flat
30 Yemen 29 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 12.1% falling
34 Bangladesh 28.34 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 27.3% falling
35 Haiti 28 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 36.4% falling
35 East Timor 28 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
35 Uganda 28 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 26.3% falling
38 Azerbaijan 27 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 20.6% falling
38 Botswana 27 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 18.2% falling
40 Kenya 26 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 42.2% falling
40 Mali 26 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 40.9% falling
40 Palau 26 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 10.3% falling
40 Rwanda 26 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 56.7% falling
40 Sao Tome and Principe 26 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 3.7% flat
45 Benin 25 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 26.5% falling
45 Cote d'Ivoire 25 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 8.7% rising
45 Guinea-Bissau 25 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 7.4% falling
45 Iran 25 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 3.8% falling
45 Sierra Leone 25 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 19.4% falling
50 Namibia 24 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
50 Togo 24 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 29.4% falling
52 Cameroon 23 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 14.8% falling
52 Laos 23 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 58.2% falling
52 Moldova 23 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
52 Marshall Islands 23 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
52 Papua New Guinea 23 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
52 Palestine 23 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 8.0% falling
58 Nigeria 22.92 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 44.1% falling
59 Bolivia 22 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 8.3% falling
59 Cambodia 22 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 48.8% falling
59 Lebanon 22 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 12.0% falling
59 Madagascar 22 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 55.1% falling
59 Solomon Islands 22 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 8.3% falling
59 Suriname 22 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 10.0% rising
59 Tonga 22 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 4.8% rising
66 Russia 21.1 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 12.1% falling
67 China 21 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 8.7% flat
67 Maldives 21 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
67 Mozambique 21 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 25.0% falling
67 Nicaragua 21 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 44.7% falling
67 Vietnam 21 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 12.5% falling
67 Vanuatu 21 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 19.2% falling
67 Samoa 21 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 12.5% falling
74 Pakistan 20.7 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 33.2% falling
75 Cape Verde 20 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 9.1% falling
75 Gabon 20 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 5.3% rising
75 Jamaica 20 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 5.3% flat
75 Kiribati 20 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 4.8% flat
79 Albania 19 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 9.5% falling
79 Bahamas 19 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 18.8% rising
79 Brunei 19 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 29.6% falling
79 Ecuador 19 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 13.6% falling
79 Fiji 19 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 24.0% falling
79 Ghana 19 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 59.6% falling
79 Gambia 19 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 17.4% falling
79 Guyana 19 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 9.5% falling
79 Italy 19 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 5.0% flat
88 Bulgaria 18 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 25.0% falling
88 Syria 18 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 14.3% falling
88 Tanzania 18 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 40.0% falling
91 India 17.06 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 36.8% falling
92 Belize 17 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 15.0% falling
92 Czechia 17 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
92 Algeria 17 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 13.3% rising
92 Guatemala 17 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 5.6% falling
92 Hungary 17 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 6.2% rising
92 Indonesia 17 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 22.7% falling
92 Eswatini 17 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 19.0% falling
99 Armenia 16 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 56.8% falling
99 Antigua and Barbuda 16 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 23.1% rising
99 Bosnia and Herzegovina 16 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 30.4% falling
99 Croatia 16 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 38.5% falling
99 Sri Lanka 16 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 36.0% falling
99 Slovakia 16 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 27.3% falling
99 Slovenia 16 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 20.0% falling
99 Seychelles 16 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 5.9% falling
99 Tunisia 16 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged falling
99 South Africa 16 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 36.0% falling
109 Belarus 15 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 31.8% falling
109 Chile 15 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 11.8% falling
109 Greece 15 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 25.0% falling
109 Kuwait 15 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 16.7% falling
109 Liberia 15 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 25.0% falling
109 Philippines 15 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 11.8% falling
109 Poland 15 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 11.8% falling
109 Puerto Rico 15 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
109 Portugal 15 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 25.0% falling
109 Qatar 15 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 28.6% falling
109 Uruguay 15 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 34.8% falling
120 Colombia 14 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 58.8% falling
120 Costa Rica 14 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 61.1% falling
120 Saint Lucia 14 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 36.4% falling
120 Montenegro 14 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
120 Thailand 14 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 41.7% falling
125 Brazil 13.39 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 25.6% falling
126 Dominica 13 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 18.8% falling
126 Saint Kitts and Nevis 13 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 23.5% falling
126 Romania 13 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 53.6% falling
126 Saudi Arabia 13 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 23.5% falling
126 El Salvador 13 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 40.9% falling
126 Turkey 13 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 35.0% falling
132 Mexico 12.02 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 7.5% falling
133 Argentina 12 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 25.0% falling
133 Egypt 12 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 55.6% falling
133 Honduras 12 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 36.8% falling
133 Jordan 12 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 57.1% falling
133 North Macedonia 12 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 29.4% falling
133 Peru 12 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 45.5% falling
133 Senegal 12 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 42.9% falling
133 Serbia 12 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 63.6% falling
133 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 20.0% falling
142 Bahrain 11 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 21.4% falling
142 Japan 11 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
142 Malaysia 11 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 15.4% falling
142 Trinidad and Tobago 11 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 21.4% falling
146 Austria 10 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 9.1% falling
146 Spain 10 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
146 France 10 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 47.4% falling
146 Iceland 10 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged rising
146 Israel 10 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 16.7% falling
146 Lithuania 10 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
146 Latvia 10 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 23.1% falling
146 Morocco 10 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 41.2% falling
146 Mauritius 10 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 23.1% falling
146 New Zealand 10 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
146 Oman 10 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 28.6% falling
146 Panama 10 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
146 Taiwan 10 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 16.7% falling
159 Australia 9 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
159 Belgium 9 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
159 Germany 9 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 12.5% rising
159 Finland 9 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
159 Georgia 9 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 83.3% volatile
159 Grenada 9 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 52.6% falling
159 Sweden 9 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
166 Canada 8 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
166 Switzerland 8 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
166 Dominican Republic 8 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 52.9% falling
166 United Kingdom 8 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 20.0% falling
166 Ireland 8 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
166 South Korea 8 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 38.5% falling
166 Luxembourg 8 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
166 Norway 8 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
174 United Arab Emirates 7 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 22.2% falling
174 Cyprus 7 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
174 Netherlands 7 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
177 Denmark 6 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
177 Estonia 6 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
177 Hong Kong 6 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 57.1% falling
177 Singapore 6 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
177 United States 6 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

  • Kosovo 15 DB06-15 methodology

About this data

Indicator
Time to export (days) (DB06-15 methodology)
Unit
DB06-15 methodology
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
183 places, 1,813 data points, 2005–2014
Last refreshed

The time to export records the time associated with exporting a standardized cargo of goods by sea transport through 4 predefined stages: document preparation; customs clearance and inspections; inland transport and handling; and port and terminal handling. It is calculated in calendar days. The time calculation for each of the 4 predefined stages starts from the moment the stage is initiated and runs until it is completed. Fast-track procedures applying only to firms located in an export processing zone, or only to certain accredited firms under authorized economic operator programs, are not taken into account because they are not available to all trading companies. Sea transport time is not included. It is assumed that neither the exporter nor the importer wastes time and that each commits to completing the process without delay. It is assumed that document preparation, inland transport and handling, customs clearance and inspections, and port and terminal handling require a minimum time of 1 day each and cannot take place simultaneously. The component indicator is computed based on the methodology in the DB06-15 studies.