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

Ghana: Trading across borders: Cost to import: Documentary compliance (USD) was 474 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
474 DB16-20 methodology
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
14th
of 189 countries
All-time high
474 DB16-20 methodology
in 2014
All-time low
474 DB16-20 methodology
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

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

01002003004005002014201620192014: 474 DB16-20 methodology2015: 474 DB16-20 methodology2016: 474 DB16-20 methodology2017: 474 DB16-20 methodology2018: 474 DB16-20 methodology2019: 474 DB16-20 methodology

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

Analysis

Ghana recorded 474 DB16-20 methodology for trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.

That places Ghana 14th out of 189 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

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

Annual values for Trading across borders: Cost to import: Documentary compliance (USD) (DB16-20 methodology) in Ghana, 2014 to 2019.
Year DB16-20 methodology Change
2014 474 DB16-20 methodology —
2015 474 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2016 474 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2017 474 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2018 474 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2019 474 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%

Ghana compared with similar countries

  • Ghana's 474 DB16-20 methodology is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 144.44 DB16-20 methodology, 3.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Ghana's 474 DB16-20 methodology is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 196.5 DB16-20 methodology, 2.4× the median. (47 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Ghana

  1. 11 Central African Republic 500 DB16-20 methodology compare
  2. 11 Chad 500 DB16-20 methodology compare
  3. 11 Iraq 500 DB16-20 methodology compare
  4. 15 Angola 460 DB16-20 methodology compare
  5. 16 Sudan 420 DB16-20 methodology compare
  6. 17 Liberia 405 DB16-20 methodology compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) in Ghana?
Trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) in Ghana was 474 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 Ghana?
The highest recorded value was 474 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
What is the lowest trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) recorded in Ghana?
The lowest recorded value was 474 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
How does Ghana rank for trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd)?
Ghana ranks 14th out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) rising or falling in Ghana?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Ghana 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.