Trading across borders: Cost to import: Documentary compliance (USD) in Japan

Japan: Trading across borders: Cost to import: Documentary compliance (USD) was 84.71 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
84.71
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
107th
of 191 countries
All-time high
84.71
in 2014
All-time low
84.71
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

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

0204060802014201620192014: 84.72015: 84.72016: 84.72017: 84.72018: 84.72019: 84.7

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Japan recorded 84.71 for trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

The figure is unchanged over ten years.

Japan ranks 107th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Trading across borders: Cost to import: Documentary compliance (USD) in Japan, year by year

Annual values for Trading across borders: Cost to import: Documentary compliance (USD) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Japan, 2014 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2014 84.71 —
2015 84.71 +0.0%
2016 84.71 +0.0%
2017 84.71 +0.0%
2018 84.71 +0.0%
2019 84.71 +0.0%

Japan compared with similar countries

  • Japan's 84.71 is below the median for high income countries, which is 93.57, 91% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Japan's 84.71 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 86.79, 98% of the median. (28 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Japan

  1. 106 Brazil 84.72 compare
  2. 108 Benin 84.29 compare
  3. 109 Kenya 83.57 compare
  4. 109 Laos 83.57 compare
  5. 109 East Timor 83.57 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) in Japan?
Trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) in Japan was 84.71 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) recorded in Japan?
The highest recorded value was 84.71 in 2014.
What is the lowest trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) recorded in Japan?
The lowest recorded value was 84.71 in 2014.
How does Japan rank for trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd)?
Japan ranks 107th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) rising or falling in Japan?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Japan data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Trading across borders: Cost to import: Documentary compliance (USD) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Trading across borders: Cost to import: Documentary 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 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.