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Time to import: Border compliance (hours) (DB16-20 methodology) by country

The time for border compliance to import records the time associated with compliance with the economy’s customs regulations and with regulations relating to other inspections that are mandatory in order for the import shipment to cross the economy’s border, as well as the time and cost for handling that takes place...

Countries reporting
186
Highest
402 DB16-20 methodology
Tanzania
Lowest
0 DB16-20 methodology
Sweden
Median
52.17 DB16-20 methodology
Years covered
6
2014–2019
Data points
1,126

What the numbers show

Time to import: Border compliance (hours) (DB16-20 methodology) is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 402 DB16-20 methodology in Tanzania; the lowest is 0 DB16-20 methodology in Sweden.

The median across all reporting countries is 52.17 DB16-20 methodology, and the mean is 68.29 DB16-20 methodology.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 54 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 281.6%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 95.0%).

Time to import: Border compliance (hours): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tanzania 402 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
2 Congo 397.33 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
3 Democratic Republic of Congo 336 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 20.0% falling
4 Cameroon 271 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
5 Chad 242 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
6 Nigeria 241.71 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 14.8% falling
7 Egypt 240 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 100.0% rising
7 Equatorial Guinea 240 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
7 Venezuela 240 DB16-20 methodology 2018 — flat
10 Myanmar 230 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 91.7% rising
11 Zimbabwe 227.67 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 281.6% rising
12 Liberia 217 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
13 Bangladesh 216 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
14 Algeria 209.57 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 36.0% falling
15 Kenya 194 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 7.8% rising
16 Lebanon 180 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
17 South Sudan 179 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
18 Togo 168 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 37.0% falling
19 Burundi 154.3 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
20 Sao Tome and Principe 150 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 8.0% falling
21 Uganda 145 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 6.0% falling
22 Sudan 144 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
23 Syria 141.33 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
24 Iran 141 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 4.5% falling
25 Iraq 130.67 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
26 Vanuatu 126 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 36.4% falling
27 Cote d'Ivoire 125.14 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
28 Central African Republic 121.71 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
29 Pakistan 120 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 8.6% falling
29 Philippines 120 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 66.7% rising
29 Sierra Leone 120 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 10.3% falling
29 Zambia 120 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 48.1% flat
33 Bolivia 114 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
34 Colombia 112 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
35 Uzbekistan 110.61 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
36 Solomon Islands 108 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
37 Tajikistan 106.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 39.8% falling
38 Burkina Faso 102 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
39 Maldives 100 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
39 East Timor 100 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
41 Indonesia 99.36 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
42 Madagascar 98.73 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 23.3% falling
43 Mali 98.33 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 6.6% falling
44 Seychelles 97 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 2.0% flat
45 Afghanistan 96 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
45 Honduras 96 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 71.4% rising
45 Kiribati 96 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
48 Gambia 87 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
48 South Africa 87 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
50 Somalia 85 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
51 Gabon 84 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
51 Guinea-Bissau 84 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
51 Guyana 84 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
51 Marshall Islands 84 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
51 Palau 84 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
51 Samoa 84 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
57 Haiti 83 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 8.8% falling
58 Benin 82 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 46.8% falling
59 Barbados 81 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 22.1% falling
60 Costa Rica 80 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
60 Ghana 80 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 10.5% falling
60 Jamaica 80 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
60 Tunisia 80 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 37.5% falling
64 Guinea 78.86 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 13.2% falling
64 Jordan 78.86 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
64 Libya 78.86 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
67 Niger 78 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged falling
67 Trinidad and Tobago 78 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
69 Rwanda 73.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 237.2% volatile
70 Ethiopia 72.23 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 33.8% falling
71 Angola 72 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 73.9% volatile
71 Guatemala 72 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 25.0% falling
71 Kuwait 72 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 19.5% falling
71 Sri Lanka 72 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
71 Nicaragua 72 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
71 Peru 72 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
71 Papua New Guinea 72 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
71 Saudi Arabia 72 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 68.4% falling
79 Comoros 70.27 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
80 Mauritania 69 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 45.2% falling
81 Kyrgyzstan 68.91 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 4.3% flat
82 India 65.3 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 77.3% falling
83 Israel 64 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
84 Antigua and Barbuda 61.33 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
85 Argentina 60 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
85 Cape Verde 60 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
87 Morocco 57 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 56.7% falling
88 Micronesia (country) 56 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
88 Vietnam 56 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 12.5% falling
90 Malawi 55.04 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 13.6% falling
91 United Arab Emirates 54 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
91 Chile 54 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
93 Senegal 53.33 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
94 Bahamas 51 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 48.5% falling
95 Thailand 50.18 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
96 Brunei 48 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
96 Mongolia 48 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
96 Puerto Rico 48 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
96 Qatar 48 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 60.4% falling
96 Suriname 48 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 33.3% falling
96 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 48 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
102 Taiwan 47.38 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
103 Mexico 44.22 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
104 Bahrain 42 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 22.2% falling
105 Mauritius 41 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 19.6% falling
106 Japan 39.6 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
107 Dominica 39.27 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
108 Australia 39 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 5.4% flat
108 Oman 39 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 58.6% falling
110 Grenada 37.33 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
111 Saint Kitts and Nevis 37.14 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
112 Malaysia 36 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 50.0% falling
112 El Salvador 36 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 129.8% rising
114 China 35.65 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 61.4% falling
115 Fiji 34.75 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 17.3% falling
116 Singapore 33 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 6.9% falling
117 Ukraine 32 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
118 Belize 30 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 37.5% falling
118 Brazil 30 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 41.3% falling
118 Russia 30 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 22.3% falling
121 Saint Lucia 26.57 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
122 Tonga 25.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
123 New Zealand 25 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
124 Dominican Republic 24 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
124 Ecuador 24 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
124 Ireland 24 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
124 Iceland 24 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
124 Panama 24 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
124 Paraguay 24 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 50.0% falling
130 Montenegro 23.22 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
131 Hong Kong 18.55 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
132 Georgia 15 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
133 Cyprus 14.67 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
134 Nepal 11 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 82.5% falling
135 Laos 10.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 22.2% falling
136 Albania 10 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 11.1% rising
137 Mozambique 9 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 35.7% falling
138 Cambodia 7.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
138 North Macedonia 7.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
140 Turkey 6.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 79.4% falling
141 South Korea 6 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
141 Palestine 6 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
141 Uruguay 6 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 53.8% falling
144 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.95 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
145 Namibia 5.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
146 Bhutan 5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
147 Serbia 4.6 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 15.0% rising
148 Lesotho 4.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
149 Moldova 4.39 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 51.9% rising
150 Azerbaijan 4.14 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 87.2% falling
151 San Marino 4 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
152 Botswana 3.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 20.9% falling
153 Eswatini 3.06 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 33.7% falling
154 United Kingdom 3 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
155 Armenia 2.54 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 95.0% volatile
156 Canada 2 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
156 Finland 2 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
156 Kazakhstan 2 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
156 Norway 2 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
160 Malta 1.56 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
161 United States 1.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
162 Switzerland 1 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
163 Bulgaria 0.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
163 Greece 0.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
165 Romania 0.375 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
166 Croatia 0.1444 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
167 Austria 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
167 Belgium 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
167 Belarus 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
167 Czechia 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
167 Germany 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
167 Denmark 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
167 Spain 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
167 Estonia 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
167 France 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
167 Hungary 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
167 Italy 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
167 Lithuania 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
167 Luxembourg 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
167 Latvia 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
167 Netherlands 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
167 Poland 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
167 Portugal 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
167 Slovakia 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
167 Slovenia 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
167 Sweden 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat

Regions and income groups

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

  • Kosovo 5.5 DB16-20 methodology

About this data

Indicator
Time to import: Border compliance (hours) (DB16-20 methodology)
Unit
DB16-20 methodology
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
188 places, 1,126 data points, 2014–2019
Last refreshed

The time for border compliance to import records the time associated with compliance with the economy’s customs regulations and with regulations relating to other inspections that are mandatory in order for the import shipment to cross the economy’s border, as well as the time and cost for handling that takes place at its port or border. It is calculate in hours. The time for this segment includes time for customs clearance and inspection procedures conducted by other agencies. If all customs clearance and other inspections take place at the port or border at the same time, the time estimate for border compliance takes this simultaneity into account. The component indicator is computed based on the methodology in the DB16-20 studies.