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

Malaysia: Trading across borders: Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD) was 35 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
35 DB16-20 methodology
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
152nd
of 189 countries
All-time high
35 DB16-20 methodology
in 2014
All-time low
35 DB16-20 methodology
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

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

0102030402014201620192014: 35 DB16-20 methodology2015: 35 DB16-20 methodology2016: 35 DB16-20 methodology2017: 35 DB16-20 methodology2018: 35 DB16-20 methodology2019: 35 DB16-20 methodology

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

Analysis

Malaysia recorded 35 DB16-20 methodology for trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.

Malaysia ranks 152nd of 189 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Annual values for Trading across borders: Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD) (DB16-20 methodology) in Malaysia, 2014 to 2019.
Year DB16-20 methodology Change
2014 35 DB16-20 methodology —
2015 35 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2016 35 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2017 35 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2018 35 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2019 35 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%

Malaysia compared with similar countries

  • Malaysia's 35 DB16-20 methodology is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 61.25 DB16-20 methodology, 57% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Malaysia's 35 DB16-20 methodology is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 83 DB16-20 methodology, 42% of the median. (28 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Malaysia

  1. 150 Niger 39.11 DB16-20 methodology compare
  2. 151 Singapore 37 DB16-20 methodology compare
  3. 152 Latvia 35 DB16-20 methodology compare
  4. 152 Serbia 35 DB16-20 methodology compare
  5. 155 Mali 33.33 DB16-20 methodology compare

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 Malaysia?
Trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) in Malaysia was 35 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 Malaysia?
The highest recorded value was 35 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
What is the lowest trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) recorded in Malaysia?
The lowest recorded value was 35 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
How does Malaysia rank for trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd)?
Malaysia ranks 152nd out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) rising or falling in Malaysia?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Malaysia 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.