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

Panama: Trading across borders: Cost to import: Documentary compliance (USD) was 92.86 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
92.86
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
46th
of 191 countries
All-time high
92.86
in 2014
All-time low
92.86
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

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

0204060801002014201620192014: 92.92015: 92.92016: 92.92017: 92.92018: 92.92019: 92.9

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) in Panama is 92.86, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

That places Panama 46th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

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

Annual values for Trading across borders: Cost to import: Documentary compliance (USD) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Panama, 2014 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2014 92.86 —
2015 92.86 +0.0%
2016 92.86 +0.0%
2017 92.86 +0.0%
2018 92.86 +0.0%
2019 92.86 +0.0%

Panama compared with similar countries

  • Panama's 92.86 is below the median for high income countries, which is 93.57, 99% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Panama's 92.86 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 88.57, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Panama

  1. 44 Marshall Islands 93.93 compare
  2. 45 Thailand 93.79 compare
  3. 46 Bhutan 92.86 compare
  4. 46 Brunei 92.86 compare
  5. 46 Chile 92.86 compare
  6. 46 Colombia 92.86 compare
  7. 46 Cyprus 92.86 compare
  8. 46 Dominica 92.86 compare
  9. 46 Grenada 92.86 compare
  10. 46 North Macedonia 92.86 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) in Panama?
Trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) in Panama was 92.86 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) recorded in Panama?
The highest recorded value was 92.86 in 2014.
What is the lowest trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) recorded in Panama?
The lowest recorded value was 92.86 in 2014.
How does Panama rank for trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd)?
Panama ranks 46th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) rising or falling in Panama?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Panama 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.