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
188
Highest
100
Austria
Lowest
0
Yemen
Median
78.88
Years covered
6
2014–2019
Data points
1,139
What the numbers show
Trading across borders: Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 100 in Austria; the lowest is 0 in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 78.88, and the mean is 70.89.
Over the past decade 9 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 |
| 58 | Bulgaria | 87.08 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 59 | Philippines | 86.88 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 60 | Japan | 86.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 61 | Turkey | 86.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 61 | South Africa | 86.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 63 | Sri Lanka | 85.6 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 64 | India | 85.51 | 2019 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 65 | Argentina | 85 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 65 | Belarus | 85 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 65 | Central African Republic | 85 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 65 | Ecuador | 85 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 65 | Micronesia (country) | 85 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 65 | Iran | 85 | 2019 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 65 | Israel | 85 | 2019 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 65 | Mexico | 85 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 65 | Panama | 85 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 65 | United States | 85 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 75 | Saint Lucia | 84.38 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 76 | Mongolia | 84.03 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | Morocco | 83.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | New Zealand | 83.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 79 | Finland | 82.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 79 | Tonga | 82.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 81 | Saudi Arabia | 81.75 | 2019 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 82 | China | 81.61 | 2019 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 83 | Ireland | 81.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Papua New Guinea | 81.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Puerto Rico | 81.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 86 | Eswatini | 81.11 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 87 | Fiji | 81 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 88 | Guyana | 80.56 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 89 | Benin | 80 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 89 | Costa Rica | 80 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 89 | Honduras | 80 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 89 | Palestine | 80 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 89 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 80 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 94 | Taiwan | 79 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 95 | Equatorial Guinea | 78.75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 96 | Burkina Faso | 78.62 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 97 | Brunei | 77.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 97 | Colombia | 77.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 97 | Jamaica | 77.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 97 | Lesotho | 77.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Mauritania | 77 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Russia | 77 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 103 | Senegal | 76 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 104 | Thailand | 75.79 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 105 | Armenia | 75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 105 | Bahrain | 75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 105 | Egypt | 75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 105 | Jordan | 75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 105 | Cambodia | 75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 105 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 105 | Lebanon | 75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 105 | Palau | 75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 105 | East Timor | 75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 114 | Uganda | 74.53 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 115 | Guatemala | 73.75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 116 | Oman | 73.21 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 117 | Kyrgyzstan | 72.5 | 2019 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 117 | Nepal | 72.5 | 2019 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 117 | Rwanda | 72.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 120 | Seychelles | 71.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Madagascar | 70.8 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 122 | Barbados | 70.75 | 2019 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 123 | Pakistan | 70.5 | 2019 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 124 | Paraguay | 70 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 125 | Antigua and Barbuda | 69.79 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 126 | Comoros | 69 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 127 | Cape Verde | 68.75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 128 | Mauritius | 67.97 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Guinea | 67.9 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 130 | Gambia | 66.75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 131 | Cote d'Ivoire | 65.97 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 132 | Indonesia | 65.3 | 2019 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 133 | Vietnam | 65.19 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 134 | United Arab Emirates | 65 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 134 | Myanmar | 65 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 136 | Azerbaijan | 62.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 136 | Burundi | 62.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 136 | Qatar | 62.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 139 | Ghana | 61.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 140 | Canada | 61.11 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 141 | Guinea-Bissau | 60 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 141 | Mozambique | 60 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 143 | Congo | 58.75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 144 | Zimbabwe | 57.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 145 | Ethiopia | 56.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 146 | Botswana | 55.19 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Samoa | 55 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | Chad | 53.12 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 149 | Vanuatu | 52.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 150 | Kenya | 52.38 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 151 | Ukraine | 52 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 152 | South Sudan | 51.56 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 152 | Sao Tome and Principe | 51.56 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Gabon | 50 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Kazakhstan | 50 | 2019 | up 122.2% | rising |
| 154 | Tunisia | 50 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Zambia | 50 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 158 | Bangladesh | 43.75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 159 | Brazil | 43.4 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 160 | Kuwait | 43.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 161 | Sierra Leone | 43.21 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Uruguay | 42.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 163 | Laos | 41.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 164 | Angola | 40 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 165 | Nigeria | 37.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 165 | Trinidad and Tobago | 37.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Solomon Islands | 35.75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | Australia | 34 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 169 | Tanzania | 31.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 170 | Uzbekistan | 27 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 171 | Maldives | 25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 172 | Cameroon | 23.62 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 173 | Kiribati | 22.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 174 | Liberia | 17.5 | 2019 | down 71.4% | falling |
| 174 | Tajikistan | 17.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 176 | Malawi | 14.56 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 177 | Afghanistan | 13.89 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 178 | Namibia | 13.12 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 179 | Somalia | 12.5 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 180 | Algeria | 6.39 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 181 | Bahamas | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 181 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 181 | Eritrea | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 181 | Iraq | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 181 | Sudan | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 181 | Syria | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 181 | Venezuela | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 181 | Yemen | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 87.5
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.