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

South Africa: Trading across borders: Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD) was 86.25 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
86.25
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
62nd
of 190 countries
All-time high
86.25
in 2014
All-time low
86.25
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

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

0204060802014201620192014: 86.22015: 86.22016: 86.22017: 86.22018: 86.22019: 86.2

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) in South Africa is 86.25, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

The figure is unchanged over ten years.

South Africa ranks 62nd of 190 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near South Africa

  1. 59 Bulgaria 87.08 compare
  2. 60 Philippines 86.88 compare
  3. 61 Japan 86.5 compare
  4. 62 Türkiye 86.25 compare
  5. 64 Sri Lanka 85.6 compare
  6. 65 India 85.51 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) in South Africa?
Trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) in South Africa was 86.25 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) recorded in South Africa?
The highest recorded value was 86.25 in 2014.
What is the lowest trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) recorded in South Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 86.25 in 2014.
How does South Africa rank for trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd)?
South Africa ranks 62nd out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) rising or falling in South Africa?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this South Africa 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
190 places, 1,139 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.