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Trading across borders: Cost to export (US$ per container) (DB06-15 methodology) - Score by country

The score for the cost to export benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance, and is computed based on the methodology in the DB06-15 studies.

Countries reporting
181
Highest
100
East Timor
Lowest
0
Zambia
Median
82.79
Years covered
10
2005–2014
Data points
1,819

What the numbers show

Trading across borders: Cost to export (US$ per container) (DB06-15 methodology) - Score is currently reported for 181 countries. The highest value is 100 in East Timor; the lowest is 0 in Zambia.

The median across all reporting countries is 82.79, and the mean is 77.14.

Over the past decade 132 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Ukraine (up 231,893.0%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 100.0%).

Trading across borders: Cost to export (US$ per container) (DB06-15): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 East Timor 100 2014 up 21.1% rising
2 Singapore 98.91 2014 down 0.5% flat
3 Samoa 98.26 2014 up 14.4% rising
4 Tonga 97.71 2014 up 12.7% rising
5 Malaysia 97.49 2014 up 1.4% flat
6 Sri Lanka 96.73 2014 up 17.2% rising
7 Indonesia 96.47 2014 up 15.0% rising
8 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 96.19 2014 up 14.3% rising
9 Hong Kong 96.08 2014 down 2.8% flat
10 Morocco 95.97 2014 up 2.0% flat
10 Thailand 95.97 2014 up 14.1% rising
12 Latvia 95.86 2014 up 15.8% rising
13 Vietnam 95.64 2014 up 17.1% rising
14 Finland 95.53 2014 down 1.4% flat
15 Israel 95.42 2014 up 1.9% flat
16 Egypt 95.32 2014 up 71.3% rising
17 Taiwan 94.66 2014 up 0.9% flat
18 United Arab Emirates 94.44 2014 up 6.2% flat
18 Panama 94.44 2014 down 3.1% flat
20 South Korea 94.34 2014 up 3.4% rising
21 Mauritius 94.23 2014 up 8.7% rising
22 Sao Tome and Principe 93.9 2014 up 75.8% rising
23 Marshall Islands 93.79 2014 up 8.0% rising
24 Brunei 93.57 2014 down 2.0% flat
24 Seychelles 93.57 2014 up 39.8% rising
26 Palau 93.25 2014 up 17.9% rising
27 Sweden 93.14 2014 down 1.2% flat
28 Guyana 93.03 2014 up 29.0% rising
29 Albania 92.7 2014 up 6.9% rising
29 Slovenia 92.7 2014 up 10.4% rising
31 Lithuania 92.59 2014 up 12.0% rising
32 Philippines 92.48 2014 up 8.2% rising
33 Estonia 92.27 2014 up 7.5% rising
33 Oman 92.27 2014 up 13.0% rising
33 Pakistan 92.27 2014 up 92.6% rising
36 Portugal 91.94 2014 down 1.6% flat
37 Fiji 91.72 2014 up 0.9% flat
38 Denmark 91.61 2014 up 0.2% flat
38 Cambodia 91.61 2014 up 7.6% rising
40 Saint Kitts and Nevis 91.39 2014 down 6.5% falling
40 Tunisia 91.39 2014 up 6.8% flat
42 Bahrain 91.29 2014 up 5.9% rising
43 China 91 2014 down 5.5% falling
44 Jordan 90.96 2014 up 14.1% rising
45 Japan 90.87 2014 down 0.8% flat
46 Solomon Islands 90.63 2014 up 33.9% rising
47 Trinidad and Tobago 90.57 2014 up 5.5% flat
48 Cyprus 90.09 2014 up 0.6% flat
49 Kiribati 89.98 2014 up 26.1% rising
49 New Zealand 89.98 2014 up 0.6% flat
51 Ghana 89.87 2014 up 224.3% rising
52 Djibouti 89.65 2014 up 7.6% rising
52 Hungary 89.65 2014 up 11.9% rising
54 Peru 89.54 2014 down 2.3% flat
55 Chile 89.11 2014 up 2.0% flat
56 Guinea 89 2014 up 110.6% rising
56 Netherlands 89 2014 up 3.0% flat
58 Qatar 88.74 2014 up 4.4% flat
59 Saint Lucia 88.56 2014 up 13.1% rising
60 Montenegro 87.47 2014 up 4.3% flat
61 Dominica 87.36 2014 up 20.3% rising
61 Turkey 87.36 2014 up 10.1% rising
63 Bahamas 87.04 2014 up 1.0% flat
63 United Kingdom 87.04 2014 up 5.6% rising
65 Germany 86.82 2014 down 3.9% flat
65 Togo 86.82 2014 down 7.3% flat
67 Costa Rica 86.71 2014 up 40.1% rising
68 Dominican Republic 86.27 2014 up 5.2% flat
68 Gambia 86.27 2014 up 19.1% rising
68 Greece 86.27 2014 up 0.8% flat
71 Micronesia (country) 86.17 2014 up 19.4% rising
71 El Salvador 86.17 2014 down 6.6% falling
73 Poland 86.06 2014 down 0.1% flat
73 Suriname 86.06 2014 up 67.4% rising
75 Benin 86.01 2014 up 7.6% rising
76 Yemen 85.73 2014 up 48.5% rising
77 Lebanon 85.4 2014 up 4.9% rising
78 Kuwait 85.29 2014 up 33.7% rising
79 Antigua and Barbuda 85.19 2014 up 15.4% rising
79 Tanzania 85.19 2014 up 19.1% rising
81 Mozambique 84.97 2014 up 31.5% rising
82 Cape Verde 84.42 2014 up 2.9% flat
82 Uruguay 84.42 2014 up 15.0% rising
84 Nicaragua 84.1 2014 up 40.0% rising
85 Austria 83.88 2014 down 3.6% flat
86 Ireland 83.66 2014 down 1.5% flat
87 Sierra Leone 83.12 2014 up 89.1% rising
88 Italy 82.9 2014 up 7.9% rising
88 Madagascar 82.9 2014 up 68.0% rising
90 Australia 82.79 2014 up 1.1% flat
90 Haiti 82.79 2014 up 168.3% rising
92 United States 82.27 2014 down 2.0% flat
93 Senegal 82.24 2014 down 0.0% flat
94 Belgium 81.92 2014 up 6.2% rising
94 Czechia 81.92 2014 down 8.1% falling
96 Bosnia and Herzegovina 81.48 2014 up 9.0% rising
97 Norway 81.37 2014 down 6.0% falling
98 Algeria 81.26 2014 up 124.9% rising
99 Bangladesh 81.02 2014 up 10.5% rising
100 Saudi Arabia 80.94 2014 down 3.7% flat
101 Comoros 80.72 2014 up 7.3% rising
102 Grenada 80.61 2014 up 4.0% flat
102 Puerto Rico 80.61 2014 up 12.5% rising
104 Spain 80.39 2014 down 2.5% flat
105 Liberia 80.17 2014 up 34.9% rising
106 India 79.91 2014 up 4.6% flat
107 France 79.85 2014 up 2.7% flat
107 Croatia 79.85 2014 up 5.9% rising
107 Papua New Guinea 79.85 2014 up 6.3% rising
110 Iran 79.52 2014 up 96.7% rising
111 Belize 79.41 2014 up 8.1% rising
111 Georgia 79.41 2014 up 51.7% rising
111 Guatemala 79.41 2014 up 71.9% rising
114 Bulgaria 78.98 2014 up 16.5% rising
115 North Macedonia 78.95 2014 up 3.4% flat
116 Cameroon 78.89 2014 down 1.7% falling
117 Cote d'Ivoire 78.65 2014 up 28.3% rising
117 Equatorial Guinea 78.65 2014 up 142.1% rising
119 Luxembourg 77.89 2014 up 7.4% rising
120 Bolivia 77.56 2014 up 62.0% rising
121 Guinea-Bissau 77.39 2014 up 10.2% rising
122 Honduras 77.34 2014 up 10.2% rising
123 Belarus 77.12 2014 — volatile
124 Romania 76.58 2014 up 46.5% rising
125 Vanuatu 76.47 2014 up 36.2% rising
126 Mexico 76.27 2014 up 14.6% rising
127 Moldova 76.03 2014 up 77.4% rising
128 Slovakia 75.71 2014 down 9.9% falling
129 Iceland 75.6 2014 up 19.7% rising
130 Ecuador 75.49 2014 up 16.4% rising
131 Nigeria 74.86 2014 up 72.6% rising
132 Jamaica 74.51 2014 up 93.6% rising
133 Maldives 73.53 2014 up 11.4% rising
134 Serbia 73.31 2014 up 47.9% rising
135 Mauritania 73.2 2014 up 23.8% rising
136 Namibia 72.98 2014 up 9.5% rising
137 Switzerland 72.77 2014 down 8.0% falling
138 Canada 72.33 2014 up 1.9% flat
139 Kosovo 72 2014 up 36.0% rising
139 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 72 2014 up 36.0% rising
141 Palestine 70.81 2014 down 13.3% falling
142 Argentina 70.37 2014 — volatile
143 Lesotho 69.83 2014 up 10.8% rising
144 South Africa 69.06 2014 up 3.8% flat
145 Eritrea 68.63 2014 — volatile
145 Paraguay 68.63 2014 up 10.4% rising
147 Ukraine 67.97 2014 up 231,893.0% rising
148 Armenia 67.86 2014 up 17.2% falling
149 Laos 66.45 2014 up 21.1% rising
150 Eswatini 65.8 2014 up 101.1% rising
151 Syria 65.47 2014 up 4.4% rising
152 Angola 64.05 2014 up 3,636.6% rising
153 Gabon 62.2 2014 up 27.4% rising
154 Malawi 61 2014 — volatile
155 Bhutan 60.35 2014 down 8.2% falling
156 Kenya 59.8 2014 up 145.8% rising
157 Burkina Faso 58.71 2014 up 28.3% rising
158 Brazil 58.33 2014 down 30.4% falling
159 Colombia 57.63 2014 up 20.4% rising
160 Ethiopia 57.08 2014 — volatile
161 Russia 56.63 2014 up 2,238.9% rising
162 Mali 55.77 2014 up 3.4% flat
163 Nepal 53.49 2014 up 62.2% rising
164 Sudan 51.63 2014 — volatile
165 Mongolia 49.13 2014 — volatile
166 Uganda 47.93 2014 down 25.0% volatile
167 Burundi 45.64 2014 — volatile
168 Botswana 40.41 2014 up 112.2% rising
169 Rwanda 38.24 2014 — volatile
170 Democratic Republic of Congo 35.62 2014 — volatile
171 Azerbaijan 33.55 2014 — volatile
172 Venezuela 32.9 2014 up 166.8% volatile
173 Iraq 31.59 2014 — volatile
174 Congo 26.25 2014 up 26.4% falling
175 Zimbabwe 16.01 2014 down 62.4% falling
176 Niger 11.44 2014 down 52.2% falling
177 Kyrgyzstan 5.23 2014 — volatile
178 Afghanistan 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
178 Kazakhstan 0 2014 — volatile
178 Tajikistan 0 2014 — volatile
178 Zambia 0 2014 — volatile

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Trading across borders: Cost to export (US$ per container) (DB06-15 methodology) - Score
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World Bank
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CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
184 places, 1,819 data points, 2005–2014
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The score for the cost to export benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance, and is computed based on the methodology in the DB06-15 studies.