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

The cost to export records the cost associated with exporting a standardized cargo of goods by sea transport through 4 predefined stages: document preparation; customs clearance and inspections; inland transport and handling; and port and terminal handling. It is calculated in US dollars per container deflated....

Countries reporting
181
Highest
9,050 DB06-15 methodology
Tajikistan
Lowest
410 DB06-15 methodology
East Timor
Median
1,224 DB06-15 methodology
Years covered
10
2005–2014
Data points
1,813

What the numbers show

Trading across borders: Cost to export (US$ per container deflated) (DB06-15 methodology) is currently reported for 181 countries. The highest value is 9,050 DB06-15 methodology in Tajikistan; the lowest is 410 DB06-15 methodology in East Timor.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,224 DB06-15 methodology, and the mean is 1,556 DB06-15 methodology.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 22.

Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 147 fell. The largest increase was in Brazil (up 101.6%), and the largest decrease in Belarus (down 88.4%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tajikistan 9,050 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 21.7% falling
2 Chad 6,615 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 19.7% falling
3 Central African Republic 5,490 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 3.2% rising
4 Kazakhstan 5,285 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 40.9% falling
5 Zambia 5,165 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 7.1% rising
6 Uzbekistan 5,090 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 71.0% falling
7 Afghanistan 5,045 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 17.0% rising
8 Kyrgyzstan 4,760 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 25.5% falling
9 Niger 4,475 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 14.7% rising
10 Zimbabwe 4,265 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 40.0% rising
11 Congo 3,795 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 6.2% rising
12 Iraq 3,550 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 62.6% falling
13 Venezuela 3,490 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 21.3% falling
14 Azerbaijan 3,460 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 52.6% falling
15 Democratic Republic of Congo 3,365 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 67.3% falling
16 Rwanda 3,245 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 37.0% falling
17 Botswana 3,145 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 23.8% falling
18 Burundi 2,905 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 56.9% falling
19 Uganda 2,800 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 35.5% flat
20 Mongolia 2,745 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 55.7% falling
21 Sudan 2,630 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 70.8% falling
22 Nepal 2,545 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 27.0% falling
23 Mali 2,440 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 3.4% flat
24 Russia 2,400 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 50.9% falling
25 Ethiopia 2,380 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 72.3% falling
26 Colombia 2,355 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 16.0% falling
27 Brazil 2,323 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 101.6% rising
28 Burkina Faso 2,305 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 20.5% falling
29 Kenya 2,255 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 41.9% falling
30 Bhutan 2,230 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 12.4% rising
31 Malawi 2,200 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 60.7% falling
32 Gabon 2,145 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 22.3% falling
33 Angola 2,060 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 58.1% falling
34 Syria 1,995 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 6.0% falling
35 Eswatini 1,980 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 43.4% falling
36 Laos 1,950 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 21.4% falling
37 Armenia 1,885 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 19.5% rising
38 Ukraine 1,880 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 62.4% falling
39 Eritrea 1,850 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 63.9% falling
39 Paraguay 1,850 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 13.9% falling
41 South Africa 1,830 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 6.0% falling
42 Lesotho 1,795 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 14.8% falling
43 Argentina 1,770 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 65.3% falling
44 Palestine 1,750 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 39.8% rising
45 Canada 1,680 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 3.6% flat
46 Switzerland 1,660 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 21.4% rising
47 Namibia 1,650 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 15.0% falling
48 Mauritania 1,640 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 28.3% falling
49 Serbia 1,635 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 40.0% falling
50 Maldives 1,625 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 17.5% falling
51 Jamaica 1,580 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 51.1% falling
52 Nigeria 1,564 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 48.0% falling
53 Ecuador 1,535 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 24.2% falling
54 Iceland 1,530 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 27.1% falling
55 Slovakia 1,525 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 33.4% rising
56 Moldova 1,510 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 50.2% falling
57 Mexico 1,499 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 23.0% falling
58 Vanuatu 1,490 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 38.5% falling
59 Romania 1,485 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 42.9% falling
60 Belarus 1,460 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 88.4% volatile
61 Honduras 1,450 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 18.5% falling
62 Guinea-Bissau 1,448 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 18.6% falling
63 Bolivia 1,440 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 48.6% falling
64 Luxembourg 1,425 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 14.8% falling
65 Cote d'Ivoire 1,390 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 36.4% falling
65 Equatorial Guinea 1,390 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 60.4% falling
67 Cameroon 1,379 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 4.8% rising
68 North Macedonia 1,376 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 8.1% falling
69 Bulgaria 1,375 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 27.2% falling
70 Belize 1,355 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 16.8% falling
70 Georgia 1,355 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 47.8% falling
70 Guatemala 1,355 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 53.0% falling
73 Iran 1,350 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 57.1% falling
74 France 1,335 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 6.7% falling
74 Croatia 1,335 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 13.3% falling
74 Papua New Guinea 1,335 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 14.0% falling
77 India 1,332 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 10.7% falling
78 Liberia 1,320 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 41.9% falling
79 Spain 1,310 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 7.7% rising
80 Grenada 1,300 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 10.0% falling
80 Puerto Rico 1,300 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 24.0% falling
82 Comoros 1,295 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 16.2% falling
83 Saudi Arabia 1,285 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 12.4% rising
84 Bangladesh 1,281 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 21.6% falling
85 Algeria 1,270 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 62.0% falling
86 Norway 1,265 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 23.3% rising
87 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,260 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 19.8% falling
88 Belgium 1,240 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 15.0% falling
88 Czechia 1,240 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 36.3% rising
90 Senegal 1,225 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 0.1% flat
91 United States 1,224 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 6.6% rising
92 Australia 1,200 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 3.3% falling
92 Haiti 1,200 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 66.5% falling
94 Italy 1,195 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 18.9% falling
94 Madagascar 1,195 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 56.3% falling
96 Sierra Leone 1,185 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 60.3% falling
97 Ireland 1,160 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 5.4% rising
98 Austria 1,150 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 14.3% rising
99 Nicaragua 1,140 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 49.2% falling
100 Cape Verde 1,125 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 8.8% flat
100 Uruguay 1,125 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 31.0% falling
102 Mozambique 1,100 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 45.9% falling
103 Antigua and Barbuda 1,090 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 32.3% falling
103 Tanzania 1,090 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 36.5% falling
105 Kuwait 1,085 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 47.6% falling
106 Lebanon 1,080 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 14.6% falling
107 Yemen 1,065 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 54.7% falling
108 Benin 1,052 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 20.9% falling
109 Poland 1,050 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 0.5% rising
109 Suriname 1,050 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 60.2% falling
111 Micronesia (country) 1,045 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 38.1% falling
111 El Salvador 1,045 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 36.9% rising
113 Dominican Republic 1,040 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 15.8% falling
113 Gambia 1,040 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 38.0% falling
113 Greece 1,040 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 3.1% flat
116 Costa Rica 1,020 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 52.8% falling
117 Germany 1,015 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 18.8% rising
117 Togo 1,015 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 44.8% flat
119 Bahamas 1,005 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 3.7% flat
119 United Kingdom 1,005 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 17.4% falling
121 Dominica 990 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 40.6% falling
121 Turkey 990 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 27.1% falling
123 Montenegro 985 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 14.4% falling
124 Saint Lucia 935 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 33.5% falling
125 Qatar 927 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 15.7% falling
126 Guinea 915 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 70.1% falling
126 Netherlands 915 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 11.5% falling
128 Chile 910 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 8.3% flat
129 Peru 890 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 12.4% rising
130 Hungary 885 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 33.1% falling
131 Ghana 875 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 76.5% falling
132 Kiribati 870 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 49.5% falling
132 New Zealand 870 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 2.8% flat
134 Cyprus 865 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 3.0% flat
135 Trinidad and Tobago 843 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 20.5% falling
136 Solomon Islands 840 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 55.6% falling
137 Japan 829.25 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 4.3% rising
138 Jordan 825 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 38.4% falling
139 China 822.95 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 42.3% rising
140 Bahrain 810 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 22.3% falling
141 Saint Kitts and Nevis 805 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 56.9% rising
141 Tunisia 805 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 24.9% falling
143 Denmark 795 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 0.8% flat
143 Cambodia 795 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 27.2% falling
145 Fiji 790 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 4.6% flat
146 Portugal 780 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 9.8% rising
147 Estonia 765 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 27.8% falling
147 Oman 765 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 38.9% falling
147 Pakistan 765 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 72.7% falling
150 Philippines 755 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 29.9% falling
151 Lithuania 750 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 37.8% falling
152 Albania 745 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 26.9% falling
152 Slovenia 745 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 34.9% falling
154 Guyana 730 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 56.8% falling
155 Sweden 725 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 7.7% rising
156 Palau 720 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 47.4% falling
157 Brunei 705 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 14.2% rising
157 Seychelles 705 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 63.4% falling
159 Marshall Islands 695 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 31.5% falling
160 Sao Tome and Principe 690 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 72.9% falling
161 Mauritius 675 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 33.9% falling
162 South Korea 670 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 17.4% falling
163 United Arab Emirates 665 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 27.6% falling
163 Panama 665 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 25.9% rising
165 Taiwan 655 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 5.3% falling
166 Egypt 625 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 74.5% falling
167 Israel 620 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 11.7% falling
168 Finland 615 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 11.0% rising
169 Vietnam 610 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 51.3% falling
170 Latvia 600 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 50.0% falling
171 Morocco 595 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 12.7% falling
171 Thailand 595 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 47.7% falling
173 Hong Kong 590 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 27.2% rising
174 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 585 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 48.6% falling
175 Indonesia 571.8 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 50.3% falling
176 Sri Lanka 560 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 53.8% falling
177 Malaysia 525 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 10.8% falling
178 Tonga 515 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 49.6% falling
179 Samoa 490 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 53.7% falling
180 Singapore 460 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 5.8% flat
181 East Timor 410 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 66.1% falling

Regions and income groups

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

  • Kosovo 1,695 DB06-15 methodology

About this data

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

The cost to export records the cost associated with exporting a standardized cargo of goods by sea transport through 4 predefined stages: document preparation; customs clearance and inspections; inland transport and handling; and port and terminal handling. It is calculated in US dollars per container deflated. Cost measures the fees levied on the export of goods in a 20-foot container, in US dollars. All fees charged by government agencies and the private sector to a trader in the process of exporting and importing the goods are taken into account. These include but are not limited to costs for documents, administrative fees for customs clearance and inspections, customs broker fees, port-related charges and inland transport costs. Only official costs are recorded. The component indicator is computed based on the methodology in the DB06-15 studies.