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

South Korea: Trading across borders: Cost to import: Documentary compliance (USD) was 96.18 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
96.18
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
33rd
of 191 countries
All-time high
96.18
in 2014
All-time low
96.18
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

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

0204060801002014201620192014: 96.22015: 96.22016: 96.22017: 96.22018: 96.22019: 96.2

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) in South Korea is 96.18, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

South Korea ranks 33rd of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Annual values for Trading across borders: Cost to import: Documentary compliance (USD) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in South Korea, 2014 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2014 96.18 —
2015 96.18 +0.0%
2016 96.18 +0.0%
2017 96.18 +0.0%
2018 96.18 +0.0%
2019 96.18 +0.0%

South Korea compared with similar countries

  • South Korea's 96.18 is above the median for high income countries, which is 93.57, 1.0× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • South Korea's 96.18 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 86.79, 1.1× the median. (28 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near South Korea

  1. 31 Albania 98.57 compare
  2. 32 Bosnia and Herzegovina 96.21 compare
  3. 34 Switzerland 96.14 compare
  4. 35 Bolivia 95.71 compare
  5. 36 Serbia 95 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) in South Korea?
Trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) in South Korea was 96.18 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) recorded in South Korea?
The highest recorded value was 96.18 in 2014.
What is the lowest trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) recorded in South Korea?
The lowest recorded value was 96.18 in 2014.
How does South Korea rank for trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd)?
South Korea ranks 33rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) rising or falling in South Korea?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this South Korea 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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Indicator
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.