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Trading across borders: Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD) (DB16-20 methodology) by country

The cost for documentary compliance to export records the cost associated with compliance with the export documentary requirements of all government agencies of the origin economy, the destination economy and any transit economies. It is calculated in UD dollars. The cost for documentary compliance includes the...

Countries reporting
169
Highest
1,800 DB16-20 methodology
Iraq
Lowest
10 DB16-20 methodology
Albania
Median
95 DB16-20 methodology
Years covered
6
2014–2019
Data points
1,132

What the numbers show

Trading across borders: Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD) (DB16-20 methodology) is currently reported for 169 countries. The highest value is 1,800 DB16-20 methodology in Iraq; the lowest is 10 DB16-20 methodology in Albania.

The median across all reporting countries is 95 DB16-20 methodology, and the mean is 137.67 DB16-20 methodology.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 180.

Over the past decade 3 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Liberia (up 112.9%), and the largest decrease in Iran (down 52.0%).

Trading across borders: Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Iraq 1,800 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
2 Syria 725 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
3 Bahamas 550 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
4 Democratic Republic of Congo 500 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
5 Sudan 427.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
6 Venezuela 375 DB16-20 methodology 2018 — flat
7 Algeria 374.44 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
8 Somalia 350 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
9 Namibia 347.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
10 Afghanistan 344.44 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
11 Malawi 341.76 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
12 Liberia 330 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 112.9% rising
12 Tajikistan 330 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
14 Kiribati 310 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
15 Cameroon 305.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
16 Maldives 300 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
17 Uzbekistan 292 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
18 Tanzania 275 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
19 Australia 264 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
20 Solomon Islands 257 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
21 Nigeria 250 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
21 Trinidad and Tobago 250 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
23 Angola 240 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
24 Laos 235 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
25 Uruguay 231 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
26 Sierra Leone 227.14 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
27 Kuwait 227 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
28 Brazil 226.39 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
29 Bangladesh 225 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
30 Gabon 200 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
30 Kazakhstan 200 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 35.5% falling
30 Tunisia 200 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
30 Zambia 200 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
34 South Sudan 193.75 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
34 Sao Tome and Principe 193.75 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
36 Ukraine 192 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
37 Kenya 190.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
38 Vanuatu 190 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
39 Chad 187.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
40 Samoa 180 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
41 Botswana 179.23 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
42 Ethiopia 175 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
43 Zimbabwe 170 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
44 Congo 165 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
45 Guinea-Bissau 160 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
45 Mozambique 160 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
47 Canada 155.56 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
48 Ghana 155 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
49 Azerbaijan 150 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
49 Burundi 150 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
49 Qatar 150 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
52 United Arab Emirates 140 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
52 Myanmar 140 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
54 Vietnam 139.23 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
55 Indonesia 138.8 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 18.4% falling
56 Cote d'Ivoire 136.11 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
57 Gambia 133 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
58 Guinea 128.4 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
59 Mauritius 128.12 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
60 Cape Verde 125 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
61 Comoros 124 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
62 Antigua and Barbuda 120.83 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
63 Paraguay 120 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
64 Pakistan 118 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 29.8% falling
65 Barbados 117 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 7.5% rising
66 Madagascar 116.82 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
67 Seychelles 115 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
68 Kyrgyzstan 110 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 42.1% falling
68 Nepal 110 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 29.4% rising
68 Rwanda 110 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
71 Oman 107.14 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
72 Guatemala 105 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
73 Uganda 101.88 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
74 Armenia 100 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
74 Bahrain 100 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
74 Egypt 100 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
74 Jordan 100 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
74 Cambodia 100 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
74 Saint Kitts and Nevis 100 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
74 Lebanon 100 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
74 Palau 100 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
74 East Timor 100 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
83 Thailand 96.86 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
84 Senegal 96 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
85 Djibouti 95 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
86 Mauritania 92 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
86 Russia 92 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
88 Brunei 90 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
88 Colombia 90 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
88 Jamaica 90 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
88 Lesotho 90 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
92 Burkina Faso 85.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
93 Equatorial Guinea 85 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
94 Taiwan 84 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
95 Benin 80 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
95 Costa Rica 80 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
95 Honduras 80 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
95 Palestine 80 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
95 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 80 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
100 Guyana 77.78 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
101 Fiji 76 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
102 Eswatini 75.56 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
103 Ireland 75 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
103 Papua New Guinea 75 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
103 Puerto Rico 75 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
106 China 73.57 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 13.0% falling
107 Saudi Arabia 73 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 30.5% falling
108 Finland 70 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
108 Tonga 70 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
110 Morocco 67 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
110 New Zealand 67 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
112 Mongolia 63.89 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
113 Saint Lucia 62.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
114 Argentina 60 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
114 Belarus 60 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
114 Central African Republic 60 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
114 Ecuador 60 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
114 Micronesia (country) 60 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
114 Iran 60 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 52.0% falling
114 Israel 60 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 17.2% falling
114 Mexico 60 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
114 Panama 60 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
114 United States 60 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
124 India 57.95 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 43.0% falling
125 Sri Lanka 57.58 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
126 Turkey 55 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
126 South Africa 55 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
128 Japan 54 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
129 Philippines 52.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
130 Bulgaria 51.67 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
131 Belize 50 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
131 Bhutan 50 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
131 Chile 50 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
131 Cyprus 50 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
131 Dominica 50 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
131 Libya 50 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
131 Peru 50 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
131 El Salvador 50 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
131 Kosovo 50 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 50.0% falling
131 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 50 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 50.0% falling
141 Haiti 47.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
142 Nicaragua 46.67 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
143 Germany 45 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
143 North Macedonia 45 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
145 Moldova 43.89 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
146 Grenada 40 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
146 Iceland 40 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
146 Suriname 40 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
146 Sweden 40 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
150 Niger 39.11 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
151 Singapore 37 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
152 Latvia 35 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
152 Malaysia 35 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
152 Serbia 35 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
155 Mali 33.33 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
156 Greece 30 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
157 Lithuania 28 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
158 Switzerland 27 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
159 Montenegro 26 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
160 Bolivia 25 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
160 United Kingdom 25 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
160 Malta 25 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
160 Togo 25 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
164 Bosnia and Herzegovina 21.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
165 Marshall Islands 20 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
166 Dominican Republic 15 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
167 Hong Kong 12 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
168 South Korea 11.1 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
169 Albania 10 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat

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Indicator
Trading across borders: Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD) (DB16-20 methodology)
Unit
DB16-20 methodology
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
189 places, 1,132 data points, 2014–2019
Last refreshed

The cost for documentary compliance to export records the cost associated with compliance with the export documentary requirements of all government agencies of the origin economy, the destination economy and any transit economies. It is calculated in UD dollars. The cost for documentary compliance includes the cost for obtaining, preparing, processing, presenting and submitting documents. Insurance cost and informal payments for which no receipt is issued are excluded from the costs recorded. The component indicator is computed based on the methodology in the DB16-20 studies.