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

Kuwait: Trading across borders: Cost to import: Documentary compliance (USD) was 52.6 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
52.6
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
165th
of 191 countries
All-time high
52.6
in 2014
All-time low
52.6
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

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

02040602014201620192014: 52.62015: 52.62016: 52.62017: 52.62018: 52.62019: 52.6

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Kuwait recorded 52.6 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.

That places Kuwait 165th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Annual values for Trading across borders: Cost to import: Documentary compliance (USD) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Kuwait, 2014 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2014 52.6 —
2015 52.6 +0.0%
2016 52.6 +0.0%
2017 52.6 +0.0%
2018 52.6 +0.0%
2019 52.6 +0.0%

Kuwait compared with similar countries

  • Kuwait's 52.6 is below the median for high income countries, which is 93.57, 56% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Kuwait's 52.6 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 79.37, 66% of the median. (23 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Kuwait

  1. 162 Uganda 57.77 compare
  2. 163 Somalia 57.14 compare
  3. 164 Congo 55.71 compare
  4. 166 South Sudan 50 compare
  5. 167 Bangladesh 47.14 compare
  6. 168 Tanzania 46.43 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) in Kuwait?
Trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) in Kuwait was 52.6 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) recorded in Kuwait?
The highest recorded value was 52.6 in 2014.
What is the lowest trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) recorded in Kuwait?
The lowest recorded value was 52.6 in 2014.
How does Kuwait rank for trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd)?
Kuwait ranks 165th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) rising or falling in Kuwait?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Kuwait 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.