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

Egypt: Trading across borders: Cost to import: Documentary compliance (USD) was 1,000 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1,000 DB16-20 methodology
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
2nd
of 189 countries
All-time high
1,000 DB16-20 methodology
in 2016
All-time low
650 DB16-20 methodology
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

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

02004006008001.0k2014201620192014: 650 DB16-20 methodology2015: 650 DB16-20 methodology2016: 1.0k DB16-20 methodology2017: 1.0k DB16-20 methodology2018: 1.0k DB16-20 methodology2019: 1.0k DB16-20 methodology

Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.

Analysis

In 2019, trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) in Egypt stood at 1,000 DB16-20 methodology. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

That represents a change of up 53.8% over ten years.

Egypt ranks 2nd of 189 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

Annual values for Trading across borders: Cost to import: Documentary compliance (USD) (DB16-20 methodology) in Egypt, 2014 to 2019.
Year DB16-20 methodology Change
2014 650 DB16-20 methodology —
2015 650 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2016 1,000 DB16-20 methodology +53.8%
2017 1,000 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2018 1,000 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2019 1,000 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%

Egypt compared with similar countries

  • Egypt's 1,000 DB16-20 methodology is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 144.44 DB16-20 methodology, 6.9× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Egypt's 1,000 DB16-20 methodology is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 139.72 DB16-20 methodology, 7.2× the median. (22 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Egypt

  1. 1 Burundi 1,025 DB16-20 methodology compare
  2. 3 Afghanistan 900 DB16-20 methodology compare
  3. 4 Cameroon 849 DB16-20 methodology compare
  4. 5 Democratic Republic of Congo 765 DB16-20 methodology compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) in Egypt?
Trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) in Egypt was 1,000 DB16-20 methodology in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) recorded in Egypt?
The highest recorded value was 1,000 DB16-20 methodology in 2016.
What is the lowest trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) recorded in Egypt?
The lowest recorded value was 650 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
How does Egypt rank for trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd)?
Egypt ranks 2nd out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) rising or falling in Egypt?
Over the last ten years it is up 53.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Egypt 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). 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)
Unit
DB16-20 methodology
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
189 places, 1,132 data points, 2014–2019
Last refreshed

The cost for documentary compliance to import records the cost associated with compliance with the import documentary requirements of all government agencies of the origin economy, the destination economy and any transit economies. It is calculated in US dollars. The cost for documentary compliance includes the cost for obtaining, preparing, processing, presenting and submitting documents. Insurance cost and informal payments for which no receipt is issued are excluded from the costs recorded. The component indicator is computed based on the methodology in the DB16-20 studies.