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Trading across borders: Cost to import (US$ per container)(DB06-15 methodology) - Score by country

The score for the cost 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 DB06-15 studies.

Countries reporting
181
Highest
99.17
East Timor
Lowest
0
Zimbabwe
Median
81.68
Years covered
10
2005–2014
Data points
1,819

What the numbers show

Trading across borders: Cost to import (US$ per container)(DB06-15 methodology) - Score is currently reported for 181 countries. The highest value is 99.17 in East Timor; the lowest is 0 in Zimbabwe.

The median across all reporting countries is 81.68, and the mean is 75.97.

Over the past decade 134 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Eritrea (up 3,868.4%), and the largest decrease in Central African Republic (down 100.0%).

Trading across borders: Cost to import (US$ per container)(DB06-15): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 East Timor 99.17 2014 up 16.8% rising
2 Singapore 98.73 2014 down 1.0% flat
3 Tonga 97.66 2014 up 13.1% rising
4 Malaysia 96.6 2014 down 0.6% flat
5 Hong Kong 96.51 2014 down 1.8% flat
5 Israel 96.51 2014 up 2.6% flat
7 Sao Tome and Principe 96.3 2014 up 40.2% rising
8 Vietnam 95.89 2014 up 21.8% rising
9 Samoa 95.62 2014 up 9.4% rising
10 United Arab Emirates 95.44 2014 up 5.8% flat
10 Finland 95.44 2014 down 2.4% flat
12 Indonesia 95.06 2014 up 21.6% rising
13 Seychelles 94.56 2014 up 30.8% rising
14 Palau 94.47 2014 up 13.3% rising
15 Sri Lanka 94.29 2014 up 14.6% rising
16 South Korea 94.2 2014 up 7.9% rising
17 Oman 94.11 2014 up 2.7% flat
18 Mauritius 93.93 2014 up 6.3% rising
19 Guyana 93.76 2014 up 20.3% rising
19 Marshall Islands 93.76 2014 up 6.5% rising
19 Taiwan 93.76 2014 down 0.5% flat
22 Albania 93.58 2014 up 5.9% rising
23 Sweden 93.49 2014 down 0.3% flat
24 Denmark 93.31 2014 down 0.1% flat
24 Gambia 93.31 2014 up 9.5% rising
26 Fiji 93.17 2014 up 1.2% flat
27 Thailand 93.05 2014 up 13.9% rising
28 Brunei 92.87 2014 down 1.2% flat
29 Solomon Islands 92.6 2014 up 37.9% rising
30 Egypt 92.51 2014 up 56.4% rising
31 Estonia 92.42 2014 up 4.7% flat
32 China 92.34 2014 down 3.0% flat
33 Lithuania 92.34 2014 up 14.1% rising
34 Latvia 92.32 2014 up 19.6% rising
35 New Zealand 91.89 2014 up 3.3% flat
36 Slovenia 91.8 2014 up 7.7% rising
37 Hungary 91.54 2014 up 9.3% rising
38 Chile 91.27 2014 up 1.2% flat
39 Bahrain 91.09 2014 up 5.5% rising
40 Djibouti 90.38 2014 up 6.3% rising
40 Kiribati 90.38 2014 up 19.0% rising
40 Tunisia 90.38 2014 down 1.2% flat
43 Philippines 90.29 2014 up 4.6% rising
44 Cape Verde 90.12 2014 up 6.4% flat
44 Portugal 90.12 2014 up 1.8% flat
46 Cambodia 90.03 2014 up 5.8% rising
47 Morocco 89.32 2014 up 19.0% rising
48 Netherlands 89.23 2014 up 3.4% flat
49 Montenegro 89.05 2014 up 5.1% flat
50 Pakistan 88.7 2014 down 2.2% rising
51 Cyprus 88.61 2014 up 0.7% flat
51 Peru 88.61 2014 down 1.7% flat
53 Japan 88.41 2014 down 0.7% flat
54 Poland 88.34 2014 up 0.4% flat
55 Panama 88.25 2014 down 0.6% flat
56 El Salvador 88.16 2014 down 5.2% falling
57 Micronesia (country) 87.99 2014 up 14.9% rising
58 Germany 87.9 2014 down 3.9% flat
58 United Kingdom 87.9 2014 up 11.4% rising
58 Qatar 87.9 2014 up 7.2% rising
61 Costa Rica 87.54 2014 up 30.4% rising
62 Ireland 86.64 2014 up 0.6% flat
63 Greece 86.39 2014 up 6.9% rising
64 Norway 86.3 2014 down 7.4% falling
65 Dominican Republic 86.21 2014 up 10.0% rising
65 Italy 86.21 2014 up 5.9% rising
67 Croatia 85.5 2014 up 7.9% rising
68 Suriname 85.41 2014 up 32.8% rising
68 Togo 85.41 2014 up 1.8% flat
70 Bosnia and Herzegovina 85.23 2014 up 7.7% rising
71 Austria 84.97 2014 down 2.9% flat
71 Czechia 84.97 2014 down 5.5% falling
73 Australia 84.88 2014 up 6.1% rising
74 Jordan 84.61 2014 up 12.8% rising
74 Turkey 84.61 2014 up 13.0% rising
76 Nicaragua 84.43 2014 up 26.5% rising
77 Kuwait 84.35 2014 up 20.9% rising
78 Trinidad and Tobago 84.17 2014 up 9.8% flat
79 United States 83.65 2014 up 2.1% flat
80 Comoros 83.55 2014 up 5.7% rising
81 Saudi Arabia 83.3 2014 down 5.7% falling
82 Liberia 83.1 2014 up 26.9% rising
83 Algeria 82.92 2014 up 102.6% rising
84 Papua New Guinea 82.57 2014 up 7.0% rising
84 Puerto Rico 82.57 2014 up 8.4% rising
86 Ghana 82.39 2014 up 378.6% rising
87 Bulgaria 82.3 2014 up 9.1% rising
87 Lebanon 82.3 2014 down 7.7% falling
89 North Macedonia 82.04 2014 up 2.6% flat
90 Belgium 81.68 2014 up 6.3% rising
90 Spain 81.68 2014 down 2.0% flat
92 Luxembourg 81.33 2014 up 5.8% rising
93 Palestine 81.24 2014 up 1.7% flat
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 81.24 2014 up 13.1% rising
95 Switzerland 80.97 2014 up 0.1% flat
95 Uruguay 80.97 2014 up 16.4% rising
95 Vanuatu 80.97 2014 up 45.1% rising
98 France 80.88 2014 up 1.2% flat
98 Guatemala 80.88 2014 up 63.1% rising
100 India 80.58 2014 up 27.0% rising
101 Guinea 80.26 2014 up 638.1% rising
102 Benin 80.14 2014 up 3.7% flat
103 Romania 80 2014 up 25.2% rising
104 Slovakia 79.82 2014 down 6.7% falling
105 Bangladesh 79.64 2014 up 22.2% rising
106 Antigua and Barbuda 79.55 2014 up 37.5% rising
106 Ecuador 79.55 2014 up 10.8% rising
108 Mauritania 79.5 2014 up 15.0% rising
109 Haiti 78.93 2014 up 126.7% rising
109 Iran 78.93 2014 up 290.7% rising
109 Madagascar 78.93 2014 up 46.6% rising
112 Yemen 78.84 2014 up 110.8% rising
113 Sierra Leone 78.57 2014 up 39.0% rising
114 Belize 78.49 2014 up 9.3% rising
115 Georgia 78.22 2014 up 29.4% rising
116 Dominica 78.13 2014 up 21.6% rising
116 Equatorial Guinea 78.13 2014 up 129.0% rising
116 Mozambique 78.13 2014 up 18.4% rising
119 Maldives 77.95 2014 up 8.9% rising
120 Tanzania 77.86 2014 up 7.3% rising
121 Iceland 77.78 2014 up 15.9% rising
122 Honduras 77.6 2014 down 0.0% flat
123 Canada 76.71 2014 up 1.2% flat
124 Kosovo 75.82 2014 up 27.0% rising
124 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 75.82 2014 up 27.0% rising
126 Bolivia 75.56 2014 up 35.3% rising
127 Bahamas 75.11 2014 down 5.4% falling
128 Namibia 74.49 2014 up 3.7% rising
129 Moldova 73.34 2014 up 81.9% rising
130 Mexico 73.02 2014 up 22.1% rising
131 Laos 72.63 2014 up 34.3% rising
131 Serbia 72.63 2014 up 56.4% rising
133 Senegal 72.09 2014 up 14.4% rising
134 Nigeria 71.75 2014 up 718.0% rising
135 Cote d'Ivoire 71.74 2014 up 38.6% rising
136 Eritrea 71.03 2014 up 3,868.4% volatile
137 Guinea-Bissau 70.92 2014 up 3.8% rising
138 Lesotho 70.23 2014 up 2.6% flat
139 South Africa 69.61 2014 up 1.6% flat
140 Grenada 68.01 2014 up 14.8% rising
141 Armenia 67.92 2014 up 12.8% falling
142 Jamaica 67.83 2014 up 139.2% rising
143 Eswatini 66.68 2014 up 52.7% rising
144 Belarus 66.32 2014 — volatile
145 Cameroon 66.29 2014 up 8.9% flat
146 Gabon 66.14 2014 up 21.1% rising
146 Paraguay 66.14 2014 up 5.4% rising
148 Saint Lucia 66.06 2014 up 37.3% rising
149 Argentina 65.35 2014 — volatile
150 Brazil 65.3 2014 down 8.2% falling
151 Bhutan 65.17 2014 up 25.3% rising
152 Kenya 64.81 2014 up 153.4% rising
153 Syria 63.75 2014 up 18.7% rising
154 Ukraine 62.95 2014 — rising
155 Colombia 62.68 2014 up 6.8% falling
156 Russia 60.47 2014 up 178.1% rising
157 Saint Kitts and Nevis 60.11 2014 up 12.5% rising
158 Nepal 59.49 2014 up 49.5% rising
159 Angola 58.15 2014 up 1,680.9% volatile
160 Malawi 55.14 2014 — volatile
161 Mongolia 54.16 2014 — volatile
162 Ethiopia 53.98 2014 — volatile
163 Uganda 46.61 2014 up 1,176.6% volatile
164 Sudan 46.17 2014 — volatile
165 Azerbaijan 45.28 2014 — volatile
166 Iraq 41.73 2014 — volatile
167 Venezuela 40.93 2014 — volatile
168 Botswana 40.66 2014 up 162.6% rising
169 Democratic Republic of Congo 30.36 2014 — volatile
170 Burkina Faso 29.65 2014 up 63.4% rising
171 Burundi 28.06 2014 — volatile
172 Niger 26.64 2014 down 17.1% falling
173 Mali 25.93 2014 down 21.4% falling
174 Rwanda 17.93 2014 up 60.1% rising
175 Kazakhstan 13.05 2014 — volatile
176 Afghanistan 5.68 2014 down 82.7% falling
177 Central African Republic 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
177 Congo 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
177 Kyrgyzstan 0 2014 — volatile
177 Zambia 0 2014 — volatile
177 Zimbabwe 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile

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Trading across borders: Cost to import (US$ per container)(DB06-15 methodology) - Score
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World Bank
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Coverage
184 places, 1,819 data points, 2005–2014
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The score for the cost 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 DB06-15 studies.