Trading across borders: Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD) in China

China: Trading across borders: Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD) was 81.61 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
81.61
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
84th
of 191 countries
All-time high
81.61
in 2018
All-time low
78.86
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

Trading across borders: Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD) in China, 2014–2019

0204060802014201620192014: 78.92015: 78.92016: 78.92017: 78.92018: 81.62019: 81.6

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

China recorded 81.61 for trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.5% over ten years.

That places China 84th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Trading across borders: Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD) in China, year by year

Annual values for Trading across borders: Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in China, 2014 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2014 78.86 —
2015 78.86 +0.0%
2016 78.86 +0.0%
2017 78.86 +0.0%
2018 81.61 +3.5%
2019 81.61 +0.0%

China compared with similar countries

  • China's 81.61 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 84.69, 96% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • China's 81.61 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 79.25, 1.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near China

  1. 81 Finland 82.5 compare
  2. 81 Tonga 82.5 compare
  3. 83 Saudi Arabia 81.75 compare
  4. 85 Ireland 81.25 compare
  5. 85 Papua New Guinea 81.25 compare
  6. 85 Puerto Rico 81.25 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) in China?
Trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) in China was 81.61 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) recorded in China?
The highest recorded value was 81.61 in 2018.
What is the lowest trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) recorded in China?
The lowest recorded value was 78.86 in 2014.
How does China rank for trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd)?
China ranks 84th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) rising or falling in China?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this China data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Trading across borders: Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Trading across borders: Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 1,145 data points, 2014–2019
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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.