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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
182
Highest
100
East Timor
Lowest
0
Zambia
Median
82.53
Years covered
10
2005–2014
Data points
1,813

What the numbers show

Trading across borders: Cost to export (US$ per container) (DB06-15 methodology) - Score is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 100 in East Timor; the lowest is 0 in Zambia.

The median across all reporting countries is 82.53, and the mean is 75.93.

Over the past decade 130 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 me: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 East Timor 100 2014 up 21.1% rising
1 Djibouti 89.65 2014 up 7.6% 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 Hungary 89.65 2014 up 11.9% rising
53 Peru 89.54 2014 down 2.3% flat
54 Chile 89.11 2014 up 2.0% flat
55 Guinea 89 2014 up 110.6% rising
55 Netherlands 89 2014 up 3.0% flat
57 Qatar 88.74 2014 up 4.4% flat
58 Saint Lucia 88.56 2014 up 13.1% rising
59 Montenegro 87.47 2014 up 4.3% flat
60 Dominica 87.36 2014 up 20.3% rising
60 Turkey 87.36 2014 up 10.1% rising
62 Bahamas 87.04 2014 up 1.0% flat
62 United Kingdom 87.04 2014 up 5.6% rising
64 Germany 86.82 2014 down 3.9% flat
64 Togo 86.82 2014 down 7.3% flat
66 Costa Rica 86.71 2014 up 40.1% rising
67 Dominican Republic 86.27 2014 up 5.2% flat
67 Gambia 86.27 2014 up 19.1% rising
67 Greece 86.27 2014 up 0.8% flat
70 Micronesia (country) 86.17 2014 up 19.4% rising
70 El Salvador 86.17 2014 down 6.6% falling
72 Poland 86.06 2014 down 0.1% flat
72 Suriname 86.06 2014 up 67.4% rising
74 Benin 86.01 2014 up 7.6% rising
75 Yemen 85.73 2014 up 48.5% rising
76 Lebanon 85.4 2014 up 4.9% rising
77 Kuwait 85.29 2014 up 33.7% rising
78 Antigua and Barbuda 85.19 2014 up 15.4% rising
78 Tanzania 85.19 2014 up 19.1% rising
80 Mozambique 84.97 2014 up 31.5% rising
81 Cape Verde 84.42 2014 up 2.9% flat
81 Uruguay 84.42 2014 up 15.0% rising
83 Nicaragua 84.1 2014 up 40.0% rising
84 Austria 83.88 2014 down 3.6% flat
85 Ireland 83.66 2014 down 1.5% flat
86 Sierra Leone 83.12 2014 up 89.1% rising
87 Italy 82.9 2014 up 7.9% rising
87 Madagascar 82.9 2014 up 68.0% rising
89 Australia 82.79 2014 up 1.1% flat
89 Haiti 82.79 2014 up 168.3% rising
91 United States 82.27 2014 down 2.0% flat
92 Senegal 82.24 2014 down 0.0% flat
93 Belgium 81.92 2014 up 6.2% rising
93 Czechia 81.92 2014 down 8.1% falling
95 Bosnia and Herzegovina 81.48 2014 up 9.0% rising
96 Norway 81.37 2014 down 6.0% falling
97 Algeria 81.26 2014 up 124.9% rising
98 Bangladesh 81.02 2014 up 10.5% rising
99 Saudi Arabia 80.94 2014 down 3.7% flat
100 Comoros 80.72 2014 up 7.3% rising
101 Grenada 80.61 2014 up 4.0% flat
101 Puerto Rico 80.61 2014 up 12.5% rising
103 Spain 80.39 2014 down 2.5% flat
104 Liberia 80.17 2014 up 34.9% rising
105 India 79.91 2014 up 4.6% flat
106 France 79.85 2014 up 2.7% flat
106 Croatia 79.85 2014 up 5.9% rising
106 Papua New Guinea 79.85 2014 up 6.3% rising
109 Iran 79.52 2014 up 96.7% rising
110 Belize 79.41 2014 up 8.1% rising
110 Georgia 79.41 2014 up 51.7% rising
110 Guatemala 79.41 2014 up 71.9% rising
113 Bulgaria 78.98 2014 up 16.5% rising
114 North Macedonia 78.95 2014 up 3.4% flat
115 Cameroon 78.89 2014 down 1.7% falling
116 Cote d'Ivoire 78.65 2014 up 28.3% rising
116 Equatorial Guinea 78.65 2014 up 142.1% rising
118 Luxembourg 77.89 2014 up 7.4% rising
119 Bolivia 77.56 2014 up 62.0% rising
120 Guinea-Bissau 77.39 2014 up 10.2% rising
121 Honduras 77.34 2014 up 10.2% rising
122 Belarus 77.12 2014 — volatile
123 Romania 76.58 2014 up 46.5% rising
124 Vanuatu 76.47 2014 up 36.2% rising
125 Mexico 76.27 2014 up 14.6% rising
126 Moldova 76.03 2014 up 77.4% rising
127 Slovakia 75.71 2014 down 9.9% falling
128 Iceland 75.6 2014 up 19.7% rising
129 Ecuador 75.49 2014 up 16.4% rising
130 Nigeria 74.86 2014 up 72.6% rising
131 Jamaica 74.51 2014 up 93.6% rising
132 Maldives 73.53 2014 up 11.4% rising
133 Serbia 73.31 2014 up 47.9% rising
134 Mauritania 73.2 2014 up 23.8% rising
135 Namibia 72.98 2014 up 9.5% rising
136 Switzerland 72.77 2014 down 8.0% falling
137 Canada 72.33 2014 up 1.9% flat
138 Palestine 70.81 2014 down 13.3% falling
139 Argentina 70.37 2014 — volatile
140 Lesotho 69.83 2014 up 10.8% rising
141 South Africa 69.06 2014 up 3.8% flat
142 Eritrea 68.63 2014 — volatile
142 Paraguay 68.63 2014 up 10.4% rising
144 Ukraine 67.97 2014 up 231,893.0% rising
145 Armenia 67.86 2014 up 17.2% falling
146 Laos 66.45 2014 up 21.1% rising
147 Eswatini 65.8 2014 up 101.1% rising
148 Syria 65.47 2014 up 4.4% rising
149 Angola 64.05 2014 up 3,636.6% rising
150 Gabon 62.2 2014 up 27.4% rising
151 Malawi 61 2014 — volatile
152 Bhutan 60.35 2014 down 8.2% falling
153 Kenya 59.8 2014 up 145.8% rising
154 Burkina Faso 58.71 2014 up 28.3% rising
155 Brazil 58.33 2014 down 30.4% falling
156 Colombia 57.63 2014 up 20.4% rising
157 Ethiopia 57.08 2014 — volatile
158 Russia 56.63 2014 up 2,238.9% rising
159 Mali 55.77 2014 up 3.4% flat
160 Nepal 53.49 2014 up 62.2% rising
161 Sudan 51.63 2014 — volatile
162 Mongolia 49.13 2014 — volatile
163 Uganda 47.93 2014 down 25.0% volatile
164 Burundi 45.64 2014 — volatile
165 Botswana 40.41 2014 up 112.2% rising
166 Rwanda 38.24 2014 — volatile
167 Democratic Republic of Congo 35.62 2014 — volatile
168 Azerbaijan 33.55 2014 — volatile
169 Venezuela 32.9 2014 up 166.8% volatile
170 Iraq 31.59 2014 — volatile
171 Congo 26.25 2014 up 26.4% falling
172 Zimbabwe 16.01 2014 down 62.4% falling
173 Niger 11.44 2014 down 52.2% falling
174 Kyrgyzstan 5.23 2014 — volatile
175 Afghanistan 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
175 Central African Republic 0 2014 — flat
175 Kazakhstan 0 2014 — volatile
175 Chad 0 2014 — flat
175 Tajikistan 0 2014 — volatile
175 Uzbekistan 0 2014 — flat
175 Zambia 0 2014 — volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Trading across borders: Cost to export (US$ per container) (DB06-15 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
183 places, 1,813 data points, 2005–2014
Last refreshed

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.