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

India: Trading across borders: Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD) was 57.95 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
57.95 DB16-20 methodology
Change on year
down 25.4%
World rank
124th
of 189 countries
All-time high
101.68 DB16-20 methodology
in 2014
All-time low
57.95 DB16-20 methodology
in 2019
Years of data
6
2014–2019

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

02550751002014201620192014: 101.7 DB16-20 methodology2015: 101.7 DB16-20 methodology2016: 91.9 DB16-20 methodology2017: 91.9 DB16-20 methodology2018: 77.7 DB16-20 methodology2019: 58 DB16-20 methodology

Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.

Analysis

India recorded 57.95 DB16-20 methodology for trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.

That represents a change of down 25.4% on the previous year and down 43.0% over ten years.

That places India 124th out of 189 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Trading across borders: Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD) (DB16-20 methodology) in India, 2014 to 2019.
Year DB16-20 methodology Change
2014 101.68 DB16-20 methodology —
2015 101.68 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2016 91.88 DB16-20 methodology -9.6%
2017 91.88 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2018 77.65 DB16-20 methodology -15.5%
2019 57.95 DB16-20 methodology -25.4%

India compared with similar countries

  • India's 57.95 DB16-20 methodology is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 124 DB16-20 methodology, 47% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • India's 57.95 DB16-20 methodology is below the median for South Asia, which is 83.97 DB16-20 methodology, 69% of the median. (6 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near India

  1. 125 Sri Lanka 57.58 DB16-20 methodology compare
  2. 126 South Africa 55 DB16-20 methodology compare
  3. 126 Turkey 55 DB16-20 methodology compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) in India?
Trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) in India was 57.95 DB16-20 methodology in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) recorded in India?
The highest recorded value was 101.68 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
What is the lowest trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) recorded in India?
The lowest recorded value was 57.95 DB16-20 methodology in 2019.
How does India rank for trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd)?
India ranks 124th out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) rising or falling in India?
Over the last ten years it is down 43.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this India 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). 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)
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.