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

Benin: Trading across borders: Cost to import: Border compliance (USD) was 50.07 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
50.07
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
139th
of 191 countries
All-time high
51.74
in 2014
All-time low
50.07
in 2016
Years of data
6
2014–2019

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

02040602014201620192014: 51.72015: 51.72016: 50.12017: 50.12018: 50.12019: 50.1

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for trading across borders: cost to import: border compliance (usd) in Benin is 50.07, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.

The figure is down 3.2% over ten years.

Benin ranks 139th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Trading across borders: Cost to import: Border compliance (USD) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Benin, 2014 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2014 51.74 —
2015 51.74 +0.0%
2016 50.07 -3.2%
2017 50.07 +0.0%
2018 50.07 +0.0%
2019 50.07 +0.0%

Benin compared with similar countries

  • Benin's 50.07 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 53.86, 93% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Benin's 50.07 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 50.73, 99% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Benin

  1. 136 Cape Verde 51.04 compare
  2. 137 Madagascar 50.42 compare
  3. 138 Tunisia 50.32 compare
  4. 140 Palau 49.58 compare
  5. 141 Togo 49.03 compare
  6. 142 Kuwait 47.19 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders: cost to import: border compliance (usd) in Benin?
Trading across borders: cost to import: border compliance (usd) in Benin was 50.07 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders: cost to import: border compliance (usd) recorded in Benin?
The highest recorded value was 51.74 in 2014.
What is the lowest trading across borders: cost to import: border compliance (usd) recorded in Benin?
The lowest recorded value was 50.07 in 2016.
How does Benin rank for trading across borders: cost to import: border compliance (usd)?
Benin ranks 139th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders: cost to import: border compliance (usd) rising or falling in Benin?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Benin 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.