Trading across borders: Cost to import: Border compliance (USD) in Australia

Australia: Trading across borders: Cost to import: Border compliance (USD) was 55.08 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
55.08
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
122nd
of 191 countries
All-time high
56.25
in 2014
All-time low
55.08
in 2018
Years of data
6
2014–2019

Trading across borders: Cost to import: Border compliance (USD) in Australia, 2014–2019

02040602014201620192014: 56.22015: 56.22016: 56.22017: 56.22018: 55.12019: 55.1

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for trading across borders: cost to import: border compliance (usd) in Australia is 55.08, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% over ten years.

That places Australia 122nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Trading across borders: Cost to import: Border compliance (USD) in Australia, year by year

Annual values for Trading across borders: Cost to import: Border compliance (USD) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Australia, 2014 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2014 56.25 —
2015 56.25 +0.0%
2016 56.25 +0.0%
2017 56.25 +0.0%
2018 55.08 -2.1%
2019 55.08 +0.0%

Australia compared with similar countries

  • Australia's 55.08 is below the median for high income countries, which is 81.25, 68% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Australia's 55.08 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 70.98, 78% of the median. (28 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Australia

  1. 121 Russia 56.67 compare
  2. 123 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 55 compare
  3. 124 Colombia 54.58 compare
  4. 124 Mali 54.58 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders: cost to import: border compliance (usd) in Australia?
Trading across borders: cost to import: border compliance (usd) in Australia was 55.08 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders: cost to import: border compliance (usd) recorded in Australia?
The highest recorded value was 56.25 in 2014.
What is the lowest trading across borders: cost to import: border compliance (usd) recorded in Australia?
The lowest recorded value was 55.08 in 2018.
How does Australia rank for trading across borders: cost to import: border compliance (usd)?
Australia ranks 122nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders: cost to import: border compliance (usd) rising or falling in Australia?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Australia data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Trading across borders: Cost to import: Border compliance (USD) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Trading across borders: Cost to import: Border compliance (USD) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 1,145 data points, 2014–2019
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The score for the cost for border compliance to import 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 DB16-20 studies.