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

South Korea: Trading across borders: Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD) was 11.1 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
11.1 DB16-20 methodology
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
168th
of 189 countries
All-time high
11.1 DB16-20 methodology
in 2014
All-time low
11.1 DB16-20 methodology
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

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

02.557.5102014201620192014: 11.1 DB16-20 methodology2015: 11.1 DB16-20 methodology2016: 11.1 DB16-20 methodology2017: 11.1 DB16-20 methodology2018: 11.1 DB16-20 methodology2019: 11.1 DB16-20 methodology

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

Analysis

In 2019, trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) in South Korea stood at 11.1 DB16-20 methodology. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

South Korea ranks 168th of 189 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Annual values for Trading across borders: Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD) (DB16-20 methodology) in South Korea, 2014 to 2019.
Year DB16-20 methodology Change
2014 11.1 DB16-20 methodology —
2015 11.1 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2016 11.1 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2017 11.1 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2018 11.1 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2019 11.1 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%

South Korea compared with similar countries

  • South Korea's 11.1 DB16-20 methodology is below the median for high income countries, which is 47.5 DB16-20 methodology, 23% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • South Korea's 11.1 DB16-20 methodology is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 83 DB16-20 methodology, 13% of the median. (28 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near South Korea

  1. 165 Marshall Islands 20 DB16-20 methodology compare
  2. 166 Dominican Republic 15 DB16-20 methodology compare
  3. 167 Hong Kong 12 DB16-20 methodology compare
  4. 169 Albania 10 DB16-20 methodology compare
  5. 170 Austria 0 DB16-20 methodology
  6. 170 Belgium 0 DB16-20 methodology
  7. 170 Croatia 0 DB16-20 methodology
  8. 170 Czechia 0 DB16-20 methodology
  9. 170 Denmark 0 DB16-20 methodology
  10. 170 Estonia 0 DB16-20 methodology
  11. 170 France 0 DB16-20 methodology
  12. 170 Georgia 0 DB16-20 methodology
  13. 170 Hungary 0 DB16-20 methodology
  14. 170 Italy 0 DB16-20 methodology
  15. 170 Luxembourg 0 DB16-20 methodology
  16. 170 Netherlands 0 DB16-20 methodology
  17. 170 Norway 0 DB16-20 methodology
  18. 170 Poland 0 DB16-20 methodology
  19. 170 Portugal 0 DB16-20 methodology
  20. 170 Romania 0 DB16-20 methodology
  21. 170 San Marino 0 DB16-20 methodology
  22. 170 Slovakia 0 DB16-20 methodology
  23. 170 Slovenia 0 DB16-20 methodology
  24. 170 Spain 0 DB16-20 methodology

See the full ranking of 189 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) in South Korea?
Trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) in South Korea was 11.1 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 South Korea?
The highest recorded value was 11.1 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
What is the lowest trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) recorded in South Korea?
The lowest recorded value was 11.1 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
How does South Korea rank for trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd)?
South Korea ranks 168th out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) rising or falling in South Korea?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this South Korea 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.