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

Sierra Leone: Trading across borders: Cost to import: Documentary compliance (USD) was 44.69 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
44.69
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
169th
of 191 countries
All-time high
44.69
in 2014
All-time low
44.69
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

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

0102030402014201620192014: 44.72015: 44.72016: 44.72017: 44.72018: 44.72019: 44.7

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) in Sierra Leone stood at 44.69. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.

Sierra Leone ranks 169th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Annual values for Trading across borders: Cost to import: Documentary compliance (USD) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Sierra Leone, 2014 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2014 44.69 —
2015 44.69 +0.0%
2016 44.69 +0.0%
2017 44.69 +0.0%
2018 44.69 +0.0%
2019 44.69 +0.0%

Sierra Leone compared with similar countries

  • Sierra Leone's 44.69 is below the median for low income countries, which is 47.35, 94% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
  • Sierra Leone's 44.69 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 71.32, 63% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Sierra Leone

  1. 166 South Sudan 50 compare
  2. 167 Bangladesh 47.14 compare
  3. 168 Tanzania 46.43 compare
  4. 170 Algeria 42.89 compare
  5. 171 Mauritania 42.86 compare
  6. 172 Liberia 42.14 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 Sierra Leone?
Trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) in Sierra Leone was 44.69 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) recorded in Sierra Leone?
The highest recorded value was 44.69 in 2014.
What is the lowest trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) recorded in Sierra Leone?
The lowest recorded value was 44.69 in 2014.
How does Sierra Leone rank for trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd)?
Sierra Leone ranks 169th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Sierra Leone 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.