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

Tonga: Trading across borders: Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD) was 70 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
70 DB16-20 methodology
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
108th
of 189 countries
All-time high
70 DB16-20 methodology
in 2014
All-time low
70 DB16-20 methodology
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

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

0204060802014201620192014: 70 DB16-20 methodology2015: 70 DB16-20 methodology2016: 70 DB16-20 methodology2017: 70 DB16-20 methodology2018: 70 DB16-20 methodology2019: 70 DB16-20 methodology

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

Analysis

In 2019, trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) in Tonga stood at 70 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 Tonga 108th 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 Tonga, year by year

Annual values for Trading across borders: Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD) (DB16-20 methodology) in Tonga, 2014 to 2019.
Year DB16-20 methodology Change
2014 70 DB16-20 methodology —
2015 70 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2016 70 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2017 70 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2018 70 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2019 70 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%

Tonga compared with similar countries

  • Tonga's 70 DB16-20 methodology is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 61.25 DB16-20 methodology, 1.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Tonga's 70 DB16-20 methodology is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 83 DB16-20 methodology, 84% of the median. (28 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Tonga

  1. 106 China 73.57 DB16-20 methodology compare
  2. 107 Saudi Arabia 73 DB16-20 methodology compare
  3. 108 Finland 70 DB16-20 methodology compare
  4. 110 Morocco 67 DB16-20 methodology compare
  5. 110 New Zealand 67 DB16-20 methodology compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) in Tonga?
Trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) in Tonga was 70 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 Tonga?
The highest recorded value was 70 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
What is the lowest trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) recorded in Tonga?
The lowest recorded value was 70 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
How does Tonga rank for trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd)?
Tonga ranks 108th out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders: cost to export: documentary compliance (usd) rising or falling in Tonga?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Tonga 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.