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

Malawi: Trading across borders: Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD) was 341.76 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
341.76 DB16-20 methodology
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
11th
of 189 countries
All-time high
341.76 DB16-20 methodology
in 2014
All-time low
341.76 DB16-20 methodology
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

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

01002003002014201620192014: 341.8 DB16-20 methodology2015: 341.8 DB16-20 methodology2016: 341.8 DB16-20 methodology2017: 341.8 DB16-20 methodology2018: 341.8 DB16-20 methodology2019: 341.8 DB16-20 methodology

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) in Malawi is 341.76 DB16-20 methodology, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

That places Malawi 11th out of 189 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

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

Annual values for Trading across borders: Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD) (DB16-20 methodology) in Malawi, 2014 to 2019.
Year DB16-20 methodology Change
2014 341.76 DB16-20 methodology —
2015 341.76 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2016 341.76 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2017 341.76 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2018 341.76 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2019 341.76 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%

Malawi compared with similar countries

  • Malawi's 341.76 DB16-20 methodology is above the median for low income countries, which is 167.5 DB16-20 methodology, 2.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
  • Malawi's 341.76 DB16-20 methodology is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 155 DB16-20 methodology, 2.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Malawi

  1. 8 Somalia 350 DB16-20 methodology compare
  2. 9 Namibia 347.5 DB16-20 methodology compare
  3. 10 Afghanistan 344.44 DB16-20 methodology compare
  4. 12 Liberia 330 DB16-20 methodology compare
  5. 12 Tajikistan 330 DB16-20 methodology compare
  6. 14 Kiribati 310 DB16-20 methodology compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) in Malawi?
Trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) in Malawi was 341.76 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 Malawi?
The highest recorded value was 341.76 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
What is the lowest trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) recorded in Malawi?
The lowest recorded value was 341.76 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
How does Malawi rank for trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd)?
Malawi ranks 11th out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) rising or falling in Malawi?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Malawi 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.