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

Sierra Leone: Trading across borders: Cost to import: Documentary compliance (USD) was 387.14 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
387.14 DB16-20 methodology
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
21st
of 189 countries
All-time high
387.14 DB16-20 methodology
in 2014
All-time low
387.14 DB16-20 methodology
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

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

01002003004002014201620192014: 387.1 DB16-20 methodology2015: 387.1 DB16-20 methodology2016: 387.1 DB16-20 methodology2017: 387.1 DB16-20 methodology2018: 387.1 DB16-20 methodology2019: 387.1 DB16-20 methodology

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

Analysis

In 2019, trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) in Sierra Leone stood at 387.14 DB16-20 methodology. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Sierra Leone ranks 21st of 189 countries on this measure, in the top 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) in Sierra Leone, 2014 to 2019.
Year DB16-20 methodology Change
2014 387.14 DB16-20 methodology —
2015 387.14 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2016 387.14 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2017 387.14 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2018 387.14 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%
2019 387.14 DB16-20 methodology +0.0%

Sierra Leone compared with similar countries

  • Sierra Leone's 387.14 DB16-20 methodology is above the median for low income countries, which is 325 DB16-20 methodology, 1.2× the median. (22 countries reporting)
  • Sierra Leone's 387.14 DB16-20 methodology is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 196.5 DB16-20 methodology, 2.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Sierra Leone

  1. 18 Mauritania 400 DB16-20 methodology compare
  2. 18 Venezuela 400 DB16-20 methodology compare
  3. 20 Algeria 399.78 DB16-20 methodology compare
  4. 22 Tanzania 375 DB16-20 methodology compare
  5. 23 Bangladesh 370 DB16-20 methodology compare
  6. 24 South Sudan 350 DB16-20 methodology compare

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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 387.14 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 Sierra Leone?
The highest recorded value was 387.14 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
What is the lowest trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd) recorded in Sierra Leone?
The lowest recorded value was 387.14 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
How does Sierra Leone rank for trading across borders: cost to import: documentary compliance (usd)?
Sierra Leone ranks 21st out of 189 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). 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.