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

Samoa: Trading across borders: Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD) was 180 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
180 DB16-20 methodology
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
40th
of 189 countries
All-time high
180 DB16-20 methodology
in 2014
All-time low
180 DB16-20 methodology
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

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

0501001502002014201620192014: 180 DB16-20 methodology2015: 180 DB16-20 methodology2016: 180 DB16-20 methodology2017: 180 DB16-20 methodology2018: 180 DB16-20 methodology2019: 180 DB16-20 methodology

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

Analysis

In 2019, trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) in Samoa stood at 180 DB16-20 methodology. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.

That places Samoa 40th out of 189 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

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

Annual values for Trading across borders: Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD) (DB16-20 methodology) in Samoa, 2014 to 2019.
Year DB16-20 methodology Change
2014 180 DB16-20 methodology —
2015 180 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2016 180 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2017 180 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2018 180 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2019 180 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%

Samoa compared with similar countries

  • Samoa's 180 DB16-20 methodology is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 61.25 DB16-20 methodology, 2.9× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Samoa's 180 DB16-20 methodology is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 83 DB16-20 methodology, 2.2× the median. (28 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Samoa

  1. 37 Kenya 190.5 DB16-20 methodology compare
  2. 38 Vanuatu 190 DB16-20 methodology compare
  3. 39 Chad 187.5 DB16-20 methodology compare
  4. 41 Botswana 179.23 DB16-20 methodology compare
  5. 42 Ethiopia 175 DB16-20 methodology compare
  6. 43 Zimbabwe 170 DB16-20 methodology compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) in Samoa?
Trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) in Samoa was 180 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 Samoa?
The highest recorded value was 180 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
What is the lowest trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) recorded in Samoa?
The lowest recorded value was 180 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
How does Samoa rank for trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd)?
Samoa ranks 40th out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) rising or falling in Samoa?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Samoa 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.