Trading across borders: Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score by country
The score for the cost for documentary compliance to export 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...
Countries reporting
184
Highest
100
Austria
Lowest
0
Venezuela
Median
80
Years covered
6
2014–2019
Data points
1,145
What the numbers show
Trading across borders: Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 100 in Austria; the lowest is 0 in Venezuela.
The median across all reporting countries is 80, and the mean is 73.79.
Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 122.2%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela (down 100.0%).
Trading across borders: Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austria | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belgium | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Czechia | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Denmark | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Spain | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Estonia | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | France | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Georgia | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Croatia | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hungary | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Italy | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Luxembourg | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Netherlands | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Norway | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Poland | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Portugal | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Romania | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | San Marino | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovakia | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovenia | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | Albania | 97.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 22 | South Korea | 97.23 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Hong Kong | 97 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Dominican Republic | 96.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 25 | Marshall Islands | 95 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 94.62 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Bolivia | 93.75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | United Kingdom | 93.75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Malta | 93.75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Togo | 93.75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 31 | Montenegro | 93.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Switzerland | 93.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Lithuania | 93 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 34 | Greece | 92.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Mali | 91.67 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 36 | Latvia | 91.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 36 | Malaysia | 91.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 36 | Serbia | 91.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 39 | Singapore | 90.75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 40 | Niger | 90.22 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 41 | Grenada | 90 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 41 | Iceland | 90 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 41 | Suriname | 90 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 41 | Sweden | 90 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 45 | Moldova | 89.03 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 46 | Germany | 88.75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 46 | North Macedonia | 88.75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 48 | Nicaragua | 88.33 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 49 | Haiti | 88.12 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Belize | 87.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Bhutan | 87.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Chile | 87.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Cyprus | 87.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Dominica | 87.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Libya | 87.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Peru | 87.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | El Salvador | 87.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Kosovo | 87.5 | 2019 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 50 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 87.5 | 2019 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 60 | Bulgaria | 87.08 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 61 | Philippines | 86.88 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 62 | Japan | 86.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 63 | Turkey | 86.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 63 | South Africa | 86.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 65 | Sri Lanka | 85.6 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 66 | India | 85.51 | 2019 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 67 | Argentina | 85 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 67 | Belarus | 85 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 67 | Central African Republic | 85 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 67 | Ecuador | 85 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 67 | Micronesia (country) | 85 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 67 | Iran | 85 | 2019 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 67 | Israel | 85 | 2019 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 67 | Mexico | 85 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 67 | Panama | 85 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 67 | United States | 85 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | Saint Lucia | 84.38 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 78 | Mongolia | 84.03 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 79 | Morocco | 83.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 79 | New Zealand | 83.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 81 | Finland | 82.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 81 | Tonga | 82.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Saudi Arabia | 81.75 | 2019 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 84 | China | 81.61 | 2019 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 85 | Ireland | 81.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 85 | Papua New Guinea | 81.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 85 | Puerto Rico | 81.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 88 | Eswatini | 81.11 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 89 | Fiji | 81 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 90 | Guyana | 80.56 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 91 | Benin | 80 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 91 | Costa Rica | 80 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 91 | Honduras | 80 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 91 | Palestine | 80 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 91 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 80 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 96 | Taiwan | 79 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 97 | Equatorial Guinea | 78.75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 98 | Burkina Faso | 78.62 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 99 | Brunei | 77.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 99 | Colombia | 77.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 99 | Jamaica | 77.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 99 | Lesotho | 77.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 103 | Mauritania | 77 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 103 | Russia | 77 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 105 | Djibouti | 76.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 106 | Senegal | 76 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Thailand | 75.79 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 108 | Armenia | 75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 108 | Bahrain | 75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 108 | Egypt | 75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 108 | Jordan | 75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 108 | Cambodia | 75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 108 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 108 | Lebanon | 75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 108 | Palau | 75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 108 | East Timor | 75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 117 | Uganda | 74.53 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 118 | Guatemala | 73.75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 119 | Oman | 73.21 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 120 | Kyrgyzstan | 72.5 | 2019 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 120 | Nepal | 72.5 | 2019 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 120 | Rwanda | 72.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 123 | Seychelles | 71.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 124 | Madagascar | 70.8 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 125 | Barbados | 70.75 | 2019 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 126 | Pakistan | 70.5 | 2019 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 127 | Paraguay | 70 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 128 | Antigua and Barbuda | 69.79 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Comoros | 69 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 130 | Cape Verde | 68.75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 131 | Mauritius | 67.97 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 132 | Guinea | 67.9 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 133 | Gambia | 66.75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 134 | Cote d'Ivoire | 65.97 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 135 | Indonesia | 65.3 | 2019 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 136 | Vietnam | 65.19 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | United Arab Emirates | 65 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | Myanmar | 65 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 139 | Azerbaijan | 62.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 139 | Burundi | 62.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 139 | Qatar | 62.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 142 | Ghana | 61.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 143 | Canada | 61.11 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 144 | Guinea-Bissau | 60 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 144 | Mozambique | 60 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 146 | Congo | 58.75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Zimbabwe | 57.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | Ethiopia | 56.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 149 | Botswana | 55.19 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 150 | Samoa | 55 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 151 | Chad | 53.12 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 152 | Vanuatu | 52.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Kenya | 52.38 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Ukraine | 52 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 155 | South Sudan | 51.56 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 155 | Sao Tome and Principe | 51.56 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 157 | Gabon | 50 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 157 | Kazakhstan | 50 | 2019 | up 122.2% | rising |
| 157 | Tunisia | 50 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 157 | Zambia | 50 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 161 | Bangladesh | 43.75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Brazil | 43.4 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 163 | Kuwait | 43.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 164 | Sierra Leone | 43.21 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 165 | Uruguay | 42.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 166 | Laos | 41.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Angola | 40 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | Nigeria | 37.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | Trinidad and Tobago | 37.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 170 | Solomon Islands | 35.75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 171 | Australia | 34 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 172 | Tanzania | 31.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 173 | Uzbekistan | 27 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 174 | Maldives | 25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 175 | Cameroon | 23.62 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 176 | Kiribati | 22.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 177 | Liberia | 17.5 | 2019 | down 71.4% | falling |
| 177 | Tajikistan | 17.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 179 | Malawi | 14.56 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 180 | Afghanistan | 13.89 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 181 | Namibia | 13.12 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 182 | Somalia | 12.5 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 183 | Algeria | 6.39 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 184 | Venezuela | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | falling |
About this data
The score for the cost for documentary compliance to export 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 DB16-20 studies.