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

Nicaragua: Trading across borders: Cost to import: Documentary compliance (USD) was 86.11 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
86.11 DB16-20 methodology
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
103rd
of 189 countries
All-time high
86.11 DB16-20 methodology
in 2014
All-time low
86.11 DB16-20 methodology
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

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

0204060802014201620192014: 86.1 DB16-20 methodology2015: 86.1 DB16-20 methodology2016: 86.1 DB16-20 methodology2017: 86.1 DB16-20 methodology2018: 86.1 DB16-20 methodology2019: 86.1 DB16-20 methodology

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

Analysis

In 2019, trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) in Nicaragua stood at 86.11 DB16-20 methodology. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Nicaragua ranks 103rd of 189 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Trading across borders: Cost to import: Documentary compliance (USD) (DB16-20 methodology) in Nicaragua, 2014 to 2019.
Year DB16-20 methodology Change
2014 86.11 DB16-20 methodology —
2015 86.11 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2016 86.11 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2017 86.11 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2018 86.11 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2019 86.11 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%

Nicaragua compared with similar countries

  • Nicaragua's 86.11 DB16-20 methodology is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 144.44 DB16-20 methodology, 60% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Nicaragua's 86.11 DB16-20 methodology is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 80 DB16-20 methodology, 1.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Nicaragua

  1. 104 Papua New Guinea 85 DB16-20 methodology compare
  2. 104 Palestine 85 DB16-20 methodology compare
  3. 106 Mongolia 82.56 DB16-20 methodology compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) in Nicaragua?
Trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) in Nicaragua was 86.11 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 Nicaragua?
The highest recorded value was 86.11 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
What is the lowest trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) recorded in Nicaragua?
The lowest recorded value was 86.11 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
How does Nicaragua rank for trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd)?
Nicaragua ranks 103rd out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) rising or falling in Nicaragua?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Nicaragua 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.