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Trading across borders: Cost to import: Border compliance (USD) (DB16-20 methodology) by country

The cost for border compliance to import records the cost associated with compliance with the economy’s customs regulations and with regulations relating to other inspections that are mandatory in order for the import shipment to cross the economy’s border, as well as the time and cost for handling that takes place...

Countries reporting
186
Highest
3,039 DB16-20 methodology
Democratic Republic of Congo
Lowest
0 DB16-20 methodology
Sweden
Median
377.5 DB16-20 methodology
Years covered
6
2014–2019
Data points
1,126

What the numbers show

Trading across borders: Cost to import: Border compliance (USD) (DB16-20 methodology) is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 3,039 DB16-20 methodology in Democratic Republic of Congo; the lowest is 0 DB16-20 methodology in Sweden.

The median across all reporting countries is 377.5 DB16-20 methodology, and the mean is 448.04 DB16-20 methodology.

Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 165.4%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 100.0%).

Trading across borders: Cost to import: Border compliance (USD): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Democratic Republic of Congo 3,039 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
2 Barbados 1,776 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
3 Congo 1,581 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
4 Venezuela 1,500 DB16-20 methodology 2018 — flat
5 Cameroon 1,407 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
6 Bahamas 1,385 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
7 Tanzania 1,350 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
8 Gabon 1,320 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 14.5% rising
9 Grenada 1,256 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 21.8% falling
10 Argentina 1,200 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
11 Sudan 1,092 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
12 Nigeria 1,077 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
13 Angola 1,030 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
14 Liberia 1,012 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 0.5% flat
15 Equatorial Guinea 985 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
16 Maldives 980.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
17 Chad 965 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
18 Somalia 952 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
19 Papua New Guinea 940 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 19.0% rising
20 Jamaica 906 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
21 Dominica 905.56 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
22 Bangladesh 900 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
22 Samoa 900 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
24 Saint Lucia 842.05 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
25 Kenya 832.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
26 Syria 827.78 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
27 Sierra Leone 821 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
28 Guinea 808.57 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 11.0% falling
29 Lebanon 790 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
30 South Sudan 781.25 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
31 Comoros 765.4 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
32 Afghanistan 750 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 11.8% falling
33 Solomon Islands 740 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
34 Central African Republic 709.29 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
35 Senegal 701.67 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
36 Peru 700 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 1.3% flat
37 Philippines 689.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
38 Belize 687.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
39 Kiribati 685 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
40 Vanuatu 680.62 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
41 South Africa 676 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 1.3% flat
42 Iran 660.38 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
43 Suriname 658 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 30.3% rising
44 Iraq 644.44 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
45 Libya 637.43 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
46 Trinidad and Tobago 635 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
47 Kuwait 633.73 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
48 Togo 611.67 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
49 Palau 605 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
50 Benin 599.11 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 3.5% flat
51 Tunisia 596.15 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
52 Madagascar 595 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 38.4% rising
53 Cape Verde 587.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
54 Mauritania 580 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 0.3% flat
55 Dominican Republic 579.17 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
56 Haiti 562.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 3.4% flat
57 Zimbabwe 561.67 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 165.4% rising
58 Qatar 557.78 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 31.9% rising
59 Egypt 553.67 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
60 United Arab Emirates 553.33 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 18.4% falling
61 Ghana 552.86 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
62 Guinea-Bissau 550 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
63 Antigua and Barbuda 546.39 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
64 Colombia 545 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
64 Mali 545 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
66 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 540 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
67 Australia 539 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 2.7% flat
68 Russia 520 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 5.5% falling
69 Costa Rica 500 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 25.0% rising
69 Paraguay 500 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
69 Uruguay 500 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
72 Kyrgyzstan 499.09 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 2.4% flat
73 Panama 490 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
74 Honduras 482.76 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 1.6% flat
75 Saudi Arabia 464.46 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 40.4% falling
76 Niger 461.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged falling
77 Myanmar 456.67 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 24.5% rising
78 Cote d'Ivoire 455.71 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
79 Mexico 450 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
80 Uganda 446.69 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
81 Burundi 443.57 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
82 East Timor 410 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
83 Algeria 408.78 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
84 Sao Tome and Principe 406 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
85 Guatemala 405 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
86 Nicaragua 399.78 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 21.2% rising
87 Mozambique 399 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
88 Bahrain 397 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
89 Georgia 396.43 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
90 Brunei 395 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
91 Puerto Rico 385.71 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
92 Indonesia 382.59 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
93 Zambia 380 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
94 Brazil 375 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 54.4% falling
95 Vietnam 373 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 4.9% falling
96 Mauritius 372.12 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
97 New Zealand 366.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
98 Iceland 365 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
99 Seychelles 340.62 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
100 Taiwan 340.38 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
101 Cyprus 335 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
102 Tonga 330 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
103 Gambia 325.62 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
104 Fiji 319.83 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
105 Bolivia 315 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
106 Japan 314.84 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 5.2% rising
107 South Korea 314.64 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
108 Saint Kitts and Nevis 310.71 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
109 Israel 306.67 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
110 Montenegro 305.56 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
111 Azerbaijan 300 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 29.1% falling
112 Sri Lanka 299.67 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
113 Marshall Islands 297.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
114 Chile 290 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
115 Pakistan 287 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 6.7% falling
116 Rwanda 282.14 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 1.1% falling
117 Uzbekistan 277.89 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
118 India 266.11 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 53.6% falling
119 Hong Kong 265.62 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
120 Guyana 265 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
121 Burkina Faso 264.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
122 Ireland 253 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
123 Ecuador 250 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
124 Oman 243.57 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 31.1% falling
125 China 241.25 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 67.6% falling
126 Cambodia 240 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
127 Thailand 232.55 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
128 Malta 230 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
129 Morocco 228.11 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
130 Laos 223.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
131 Tajikistan 223.33 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
132 Singapore 220 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
133 Malaysia 212.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 22.4% falling
134 Mongolia 209.78 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
135 Jordan 205.71 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
136 Nepal 190 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 22.1% rising
137 Micronesia (country) 180 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
138 United States 175 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
139 Canada 171.88 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
140 Lesotho 150 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
140 North Macedonia 150 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
142 Namibia 145 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
143 Malawi 143.46 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
144 Eswatini 134.44 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
145 El Salvador 128.33 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
146 Norway 125 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
147 Ethiopia 120 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
148 Switzerland 115 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
149 Bhutan 110.11 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
150 Bosnia and Herzegovina 108.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
151 Ukraine 100 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
152 Botswana 98.08 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
153 Moldova 82.78 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
154 Albania 77.3 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 47.8% rising
155 Serbia 52 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
156 Palestine 50 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
156 San Marino 50 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
158 Turkey 46 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 82.7% volatile
159 Armenia 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 100.0% volatile
159 Austria 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
159 Belgium 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
159 Bulgaria 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
159 Belarus 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
159 Czechia 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
159 Germany 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
159 Denmark 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
159 Spain 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
159 Estonia 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
159 Finland 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
159 France 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
159 United Kingdom 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
159 Greece 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
159 Croatia 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
159 Hungary 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
159 Italy 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
159 Kazakhstan 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
159 Lithuania 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
159 Luxembourg 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
159 Latvia 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
159 Netherlands 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
159 Poland 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
159 Portugal 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
159 Romania 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
159 Slovakia 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
159 Slovenia 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat
159 Sweden 0 DB16-20 methodology 2019 — flat

Regions and income groups

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

  • Kosovo 128.33 DB16-20 methodology

About this data

Indicator
Trading across borders: Cost to import: Border compliance (USD) (DB16-20 methodology)
Unit
DB16-20 methodology
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
188 places, 1,126 data points, 2014–2019
Last refreshed

The cost for border compliance to import records the cost associated with compliance with the economy’s customs regulations and with regulations relating to other inspections that are mandatory in order for the import shipment to cross the economy’s border, as well as the time and cost for handling that takes place at its port or border. It is calculated in US dollars. The cost for this segment include the cost for customs clearance and inspection procedures conducted by other agencies. For example, the cost for conducting a technical standard inspection would be included here. Informal payments for which no receipt is issued are excluded from the costs recorded. The component indicator is computed based on the methodology in the DB16-20 studies.