Trading across borders: Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD) in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea: Trading across borders: Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD) was 75 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
75 DB16-20 methodology
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
103rd
of 189 countries
All-time high
75 DB16-20 methodology
in 2014
All-time low
75 DB16-20 methodology
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

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

0204060802014201620192014: 75 DB16-20 methodology2015: 75 DB16-20 methodology2016: 75 DB16-20 methodology2017: 75 DB16-20 methodology2018: 75 DB16-20 methodology2019: 75 DB16-20 methodology

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

Analysis

Papua New Guinea recorded 75 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.

That places Papua New Guinea 103rd 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 Papua New Guinea, year by year

Annual values for Trading across borders: Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD) (DB16-20 methodology) in Papua New Guinea, 2014 to 2019.
Year DB16-20 methodology Change
2014 75 DB16-20 methodology —
2015 75 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2016 75 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2017 75 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2018 75 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2019 75 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%

Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries

  • Papua New Guinea's 75 DB16-20 methodology is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 124 DB16-20 methodology, 60% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Papua New Guinea's 75 DB16-20 methodology is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 83 DB16-20 methodology, 90% of the median. (28 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea

  1. 100 Guyana 77.78 DB16-20 methodology compare
  2. 101 Fiji 76 DB16-20 methodology compare
  3. 102 Eswatini 75.56 DB16-20 methodology compare
  4. 103 Ireland 75 DB16-20 methodology compare
  5. 103 Puerto Rico 75 DB16-20 methodology compare
  6. 106 China 73.57 DB16-20 methodology compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) in Papua New Guinea?
Trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) in Papua New Guinea was 75 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 Papua New Guinea?
The highest recorded value was 75 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
What is the lowest trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) recorded in Papua New Guinea?
The lowest recorded value was 75 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
How does Papua New Guinea rank for trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd)?
Papua New Guinea ranks 103rd out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.