Trading across borders: Cost to import: Documentary compliance (USD) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score by country
The score for the cost for documentary 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...
Countries reporting
188
Highest
100
Austria
Lowest
0
Yemen
Median
85.89
Years covered
6
2014–2019
Data points
1,139
What the numbers show
Trading across borders: Cost to import: Documentary compliance (USD) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 100 in Austria; the lowest is 0 in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 85.89, and the mean is 77.04.
Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 72.0%), and the largest decrease in Egypt (down 100.0%).
Trading across borders: Cost to import: Documentary compliance (USD) (: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austria | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belgium | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belarus | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Czechia | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Germany | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Denmark | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Spain | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Estonia | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Finland | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | France | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Kingdom | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Greece | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Croatia | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hungary | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Iceland | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Italy | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Lithuania | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Luxembourg | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Latvia | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Malta | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Netherlands | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Norway | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Poland | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Portugal | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Romania | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovakia | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovenia | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sweden | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 31 | Albania | 98.57 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 96.21 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | South Korea | 96.18 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 34 | Switzerland | 96.14 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Bolivia | 95.71 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 36 | Serbia | 95 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 37 | Guatemala | 94.71 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 38 | Dominican Republic | 94.29 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 38 | Singapore | 94.29 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 38 | Suriname | 94.29 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 41 | Moldova | 94.13 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 42 | Marshall Islands | 93.93 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 43 | Thailand | 93.79 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 44 | Brunei | 92.86 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 44 | Bhutan | 92.86 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 44 | Chile | 92.86 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 44 | Colombia | 92.86 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 44 | Cyprus | 92.86 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 44 | Dominica | 92.86 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 44 | Grenada | 92.86 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 44 | North Macedonia | 92.86 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 44 | Panama | 92.86 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 53 | Turkey | 92.14 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 54 | Hong Kong | 91.89 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 55 | Fiji | 91.79 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 56 | Libya | 91.43 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 56 | Montenegro | 91.43 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 56 | Mozambique | 91.43 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 56 | Malaysia | 91.43 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 60 | Guyana | 91.07 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 60 | Namibia | 91.07 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 62 | Taiwan | 90.71 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 63 | Botswana | 90.48 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 64 | El Salvador | 90.48 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 65 | Philippines | 90.36 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 66 | Equatorial Guinea | 90 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 66 | Honduras | 90 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 66 | Israel | 90 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 69 | South Africa | 89.57 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Belize | 89.29 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Costa Rica | 89.29 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Ecuador | 89.29 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Ireland | 89.29 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Puerto Rico | 89.29 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Sao Tome and Principe | 89.29 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 76 | Eswatini | 89.21 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | China | 88.96 | 2019 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 78 | Micronesia (country) | 88.57 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 78 | Nepal | 88.57 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 78 | New Zealand | 88.57 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 78 | Peru | 88.57 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 82 | Mongolia | 88.21 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Papua New Guinea | 87.86 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Palestine | 87.86 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 85 | Nicaragua | 87.7 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 86 | Iran | 87.14 | 2019 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 86 | Jamaica | 87.14 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 86 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 87.14 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 86 | Lesotho | 87.14 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 86 | Mali | 87.14 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 86 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 87.14 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 92 | Seychelles | 86.79 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 93 | Comoros | 86.74 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 94 | Saint Lucia | 86.07 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 95 | Armenia | 85.71 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 95 | Antigua and Barbuda | 85.71 | 2019 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 95 | Australia | 85.71 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 95 | India | 85.71 | 2019 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 95 | Mexico | 85.71 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 95 | Palau | 85.71 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 95 | San Marino | 85.71 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 95 | United States | 85.71 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 103 | Brazil | 84.72 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 104 | Japan | 84.71 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 105 | Benin | 84.29 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 106 | Kenya | 83.57 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 106 | Laos | 83.57 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 106 | East Timor | 83.57 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 109 | Morocco | 83.37 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 110 | Argentina | 82.86 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 110 | Cambodia | 82.86 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 110 | Kiribati | 82.86 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 113 | Rwanda | 82.7 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 114 | Oman | 82.29 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 115 | Cape Verde | 82.14 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 116 | Bahrain | 81.43 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 116 | Pakistan | 81.43 | 2019 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 118 | Lebanon | 80.71 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 118 | Paraguay | 80.71 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 120 | Tunisia | 79.37 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Tonga | 78.93 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 122 | Madagascar | 78.64 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 123 | Barbados | 78.57 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 123 | Haiti | 78.57 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 123 | Zimbabwe | 78.57 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 126 | Gambia | 78.3 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 127 | Russia | 78.21 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 128 | Malawi | 76.92 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Ukraine | 76.86 | 2019 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 130 | Canada | 76.79 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 131 | Indonesia | 76.51 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 132 | Mauritius | 76.34 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 133 | Gabon | 75.71 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 134 | Zambia | 75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 135 | Guinea | 74.29 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 136 | Maldives | 74.22 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | Vietnam | 73.93 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | Vanuatu | 73.93 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 139 | Georgia | 73 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 140 | Jordan | 72.86 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 141 | Burkina Faso | 71.93 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 142 | Azerbaijan | 71.43 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 142 | Kyrgyzstan | 71.43 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 144 | Guinea-Bissau | 70.71 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 145 | Myanmar | 70 | 2019 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 146 | Solomon Islands | 69.29 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Samoa | 67.14 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | Uzbekistan | 65.43 | 2019 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 149 | Trinidad and Tobago | 64.29 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 150 | Togo | 64.05 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 151 | Tajikistan | 62.86 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 152 | Cote d'Ivoire | 61.9 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Saudi Arabia | 61.86 | 2019 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 154 | Niger | 59.71 | 2019 | up 72.0% | rising |
| 155 | Sri Lanka | 59.6 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 156 | United Arab Emirates | 59.52 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 157 | Uruguay | 59.29 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 158 | Qatar | 58.57 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 159 | Uganda | 57.77 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 160 | Somalia | 57.14 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 161 | Congo | 55.71 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Kuwait | 52.6 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 163 | South Sudan | 50 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 164 | Bangladesh | 47.14 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 165 | Tanzania | 46.43 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 166 | Sierra Leone | 44.69 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Algeria | 42.89 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | Mauritania | 42.86 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 169 | Liberia | 42.14 | 2019 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 170 | Sudan | 40 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 171 | Angola | 34.29 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 172 | Ghana | 32.29 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 173 | Central African Republic | 28.57 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 173 | Iraq | 28.57 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 173 | Chad | 28.57 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 176 | Senegal | 22.14 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 177 | Bahamas | 21.43 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 178 | Nigeria | 19.39 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 179 | Afghanistan | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 179 | Burundi | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 179 | Cameroon | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 179 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 179 | Egypt | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 179 | Eritrea | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 179 | Ethiopia | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 179 | Syria | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 179 | Venezuela | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 179 | Yemen | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
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About this data
The score for the cost for documentary 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.