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

Zambia: Trading across borders: Cost to import: Documentary compliance (USD) was 75 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
75
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
137th
of 191 countries
All-time high
75
in 2014
All-time low
75
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

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

0204060802014201620192014: 752015: 752016: 752017: 752018: 752019: 75

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) in Zambia is 75, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Zambia ranks 137th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Trading across borders: Cost to import: Documentary compliance (USD) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Zambia, 2014 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2014 75 —
2015 75 +0.0%
2016 75 +0.0%
2017 75 +0.0%
2018 75 +0.0%
2019 75 +0.0%

Zambia compared with similar countries

  • Zambia's 75 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 79.37, 94% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Zambia's 75 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 71.32, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Zambia

  1. 134 Indonesia 76.51 compare
  2. 135 Mauritius 76.34 compare
  3. 136 Gabon 75.71 compare
  4. 138 Guinea 74.29 compare
  5. 139 Maldives 74.22 compare
  6. 140 Vanuatu 73.93 compare
  7. 140 Vietnam 73.93 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) in Zambia?
Trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) in Zambia was 75 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) recorded in Zambia?
The highest recorded value was 75 in 2014.
What is the lowest trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) recorded in Zambia?
The lowest recorded value was 75 in 2014.
How does Zambia rank for trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd)?
Zambia ranks 137th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) rising or falling in Zambia?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Zambia 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.