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

China: Trading across borders: Cost to import: Border compliance (USD) was 79.9 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
79.9
Change on year
up 9.7%
World rank
64th
of 191 countries
All-time high
79.9
in 2019
All-time low
37.92
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

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

0204060802014201620192014: 37.92015: 37.92016: 37.92017: 37.92018: 72.82019: 79.9

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

China recorded 79.9 for trading across borders: cost to import: border compliance (usd) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

The figure is up 9.7% on the previous year and up 110.7% over ten years.

That places China 64th 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 China, year by year

Annual values for Trading across borders: Cost to import: Border compliance (USD) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in China, 2014 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2014 37.92 —
2015 37.92 +0.0%
2016 37.92 +0.0%
2017 37.92 +0.0%
2018 72.83 +92.1%
2019 79.9 +9.7%

China compared with similar countries

  • China's 79.9 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 68.83, 1.2× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • China's 79.9 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 70.98, 1.1× the median. (28 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near China

  1. 61 Malta 80.83 compare
  2. 62 Thailand 80.62 compare
  3. 63 Cambodia 80 compare
  4. 65 Oman 79.7 compare
  5. 66 Ecuador 79.17 compare
  6. 67 Ireland 78.92 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders: cost to import: border compliance (usd) in China?
Trading across borders: cost to import: border compliance (usd) in China was 79.9 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders: cost to import: border compliance (usd) recorded in China?
The highest recorded value was 79.9 in 2019.
What is the lowest trading across borders: cost to import: border compliance (usd) recorded in China?
The lowest recorded value was 37.92 in 2014.
How does China rank for trading across borders: cost to import: border compliance (usd)?
China ranks 64th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders: cost to import: border compliance (usd) rising or falling in China?
Over the last ten years it is up 110.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this China 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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Indicator
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.