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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
81.33
Years covered
10
2005–2014
Data points
1,813

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 81.33, and the mean is 74.63.

Over the past decade 131 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 met: 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 Kiribati 90.38 2014 up 19.0% rising
40 Tunisia 90.38 2014 down 1.2% flat
42 Philippines 90.29 2014 up 4.6% rising
43 Cape Verde 90.12 2014 up 6.4% flat
43 Portugal 90.12 2014 up 1.8% flat
45 Cambodia 90.03 2014 up 5.8% rising
46 Morocco 89.32 2014 up 19.0% rising
47 Netherlands 89.23 2014 up 3.4% flat
48 Montenegro 89.05 2014 up 5.1% flat
49 Pakistan 88.7 2014 down 2.2% rising
50 Cyprus 88.61 2014 up 0.7% flat
50 Peru 88.61 2014 down 1.7% flat
52 Japan 88.41 2014 down 0.7% flat
53 Poland 88.34 2014 up 0.4% flat
54 Panama 88.25 2014 down 0.6% flat
55 El Salvador 88.16 2014 down 5.2% falling
56 Micronesia (country) 87.99 2014 up 14.9% rising
57 Germany 87.9 2014 down 3.9% flat
57 United Kingdom 87.9 2014 up 11.4% rising
57 Qatar 87.9 2014 up 7.2% rising
60 Costa Rica 87.54 2014 up 30.4% rising
61 Ireland 86.64 2014 up 0.6% flat
62 Greece 86.39 2014 up 6.9% rising
63 Norway 86.3 2014 down 7.4% falling
64 Dominican Republic 86.21 2014 up 10.0% rising
64 Italy 86.21 2014 up 5.9% rising
66 Croatia 85.5 2014 up 7.9% rising
67 Suriname 85.41 2014 up 32.8% rising
67 Togo 85.41 2014 up 1.8% flat
69 Bosnia and Herzegovina 85.23 2014 up 7.7% rising
70 Austria 84.97 2014 down 2.9% flat
70 Czechia 84.97 2014 down 5.5% falling
72 Australia 84.88 2014 up 6.1% rising
73 Jordan 84.61 2014 up 12.8% rising
73 Turkey 84.61 2014 up 13.0% rising
75 Nicaragua 84.43 2014 up 26.5% rising
76 Kuwait 84.35 2014 up 20.9% rising
77 Trinidad and Tobago 84.17 2014 up 9.8% flat
78 United States 83.65 2014 up 2.1% flat
79 Comoros 83.55 2014 up 5.7% rising
80 Saudi Arabia 83.3 2014 down 5.7% falling
81 Liberia 83.1 2014 up 26.9% rising
82 Algeria 82.92 2014 up 102.6% rising
83 Papua New Guinea 82.57 2014 up 7.0% rising
83 Puerto Rico 82.57 2014 up 8.4% rising
85 Ghana 82.39 2014 up 378.6% rising
86 Bulgaria 82.3 2014 up 9.1% rising
86 Lebanon 82.3 2014 down 7.7% falling
88 North Macedonia 82.04 2014 up 2.6% flat
89 Belgium 81.68 2014 up 6.3% rising
89 Spain 81.68 2014 down 2.0% flat
91 Luxembourg 81.33 2014 up 5.8% rising
92 Palestine 81.24 2014 up 1.7% flat
92 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 81.24 2014 up 13.1% rising
94 Switzerland 80.97 2014 up 0.1% flat
94 Uruguay 80.97 2014 up 16.4% rising
94 Vanuatu 80.97 2014 up 45.1% rising
97 France 80.88 2014 up 1.2% flat
97 Guatemala 80.88 2014 up 63.1% rising
99 India 80.58 2014 up 27.0% rising
100 Guinea 80.26 2014 up 638.1% rising
101 Benin 80.14 2014 up 3.7% flat
102 Romania 80 2014 up 25.2% rising
103 Slovakia 79.82 2014 down 6.7% falling
104 Bangladesh 79.64 2014 up 22.2% rising
105 Antigua and Barbuda 79.55 2014 up 37.5% rising
105 Ecuador 79.55 2014 up 10.8% rising
107 Mauritania 79.5 2014 up 15.0% rising
108 Haiti 78.93 2014 up 126.7% rising
108 Iran 78.93 2014 up 290.7% rising
108 Madagascar 78.93 2014 up 46.6% rising
111 Yemen 78.84 2014 up 110.8% rising
112 Sierra Leone 78.57 2014 up 39.0% rising
113 Belize 78.49 2014 up 9.3% rising
114 Georgia 78.22 2014 up 29.4% rising
115 Dominica 78.13 2014 up 21.6% rising
115 Equatorial Guinea 78.13 2014 up 129.0% rising
115 Mozambique 78.13 2014 up 18.4% rising
118 Maldives 77.95 2014 up 8.9% rising
119 Tanzania 77.86 2014 up 7.3% rising
120 Iceland 77.78 2014 up 15.9% rising
121 Honduras 77.6 2014 down 0.0% flat
122 Canada 76.71 2014 up 1.2% flat
123 Bolivia 75.56 2014 up 35.3% rising
124 Bahamas 75.11 2014 down 5.4% falling
125 Namibia 74.49 2014 up 3.7% rising
126 Moldova 73.34 2014 up 81.9% rising
127 Mexico 73.02 2014 up 22.1% rising
128 Laos 72.63 2014 up 34.3% rising
128 Serbia 72.63 2014 up 56.4% rising
130 Senegal 72.09 2014 up 14.4% rising
131 Nigeria 71.75 2014 up 718.0% rising
132 Cote d'Ivoire 71.74 2014 up 38.6% rising
133 Eritrea 71.03 2014 up 3,868.4% volatile
134 Guinea-Bissau 70.92 2014 up 3.8% rising
135 Lesotho 70.23 2014 up 2.6% flat
136 South Africa 69.61 2014 up 1.6% flat
137 Grenada 68.01 2014 up 14.8% rising
138 Armenia 67.92 2014 up 12.8% falling
139 Jamaica 67.83 2014 up 139.2% rising
140 Eswatini 66.68 2014 up 52.7% rising
141 Belarus 66.32 2014 — volatile
142 Cameroon 66.29 2014 up 8.9% flat
143 Gabon 66.14 2014 up 21.1% rising
143 Paraguay 66.14 2014 up 5.4% rising
145 Saint Lucia 66.06 2014 up 37.3% rising
146 Argentina 65.35 2014 — volatile
147 Brazil 65.3 2014 down 8.2% falling
148 Bhutan 65.17 2014 up 25.3% rising
149 Kenya 64.81 2014 up 153.4% rising
150 Syria 63.75 2014 up 18.7% rising
151 Ukraine 62.95 2014 — rising
152 Colombia 62.68 2014 up 6.8% falling
153 Russia 60.47 2014 up 178.1% rising
154 Saint Kitts and Nevis 60.11 2014 up 12.5% rising
155 Nepal 59.49 2014 up 49.5% rising
156 Angola 58.15 2014 up 1,680.9% volatile
157 Malawi 55.14 2014 — volatile
158 Mongolia 54.16 2014 — volatile
159 Ethiopia 53.98 2014 — volatile
160 Uganda 46.61 2014 up 1,176.6% volatile
161 Sudan 46.17 2014 — volatile
162 Azerbaijan 45.28 2014 — volatile
163 Iraq 41.73 2014 — volatile
164 Venezuela 40.93 2014 — volatile
165 Botswana 40.66 2014 up 162.6% rising
166 Democratic Republic of Congo 30.36 2014 — volatile
167 Burkina Faso 29.65 2014 up 63.4% rising
168 Burundi 28.06 2014 — volatile
169 Niger 26.64 2014 down 17.1% falling
170 Mali 25.93 2014 down 21.4% falling
171 Rwanda 17.93 2014 up 60.1% rising
172 Kazakhstan 13.05 2014 — volatile
173 Afghanistan 5.68 2014 down 82.7% falling
174 Central African Republic 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
174 Congo 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
174 Kyrgyzstan 0 2014 — volatile
174 Chad 0 2014 — flat
174 Tajikistan 0 2014 — flat
174 Uzbekistan 0 2014 — flat
174 Zambia 0 2014 — volatile
174 Zimbabwe 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Trading across borders: Cost to import (US$ per container)(DB06-15 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
183 places, 1,813 data points, 2005–2014
Last refreshed

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.