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Trading across borders (DB06-15 methodology) - Score by country

Doing Business measures the time and cost associated with exporting and importing a standardized cargo of goods by sea transport. The time and cost necessary to complete 4 predefined stages (document preparation; customs clearance and inspections; inland transport and handling; and port and terminal handling) for...

Countries reporting
184
Highest
96.47
Singapore
Lowest
2.56
Uzbekistan
Median
72.31
Years covered
10
2005–2014
Data points
1,819

What the numbers show

Trading across borders (DB06-15 methodology) - Score is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 96.47 in Singapore; the lowest is 2.56 in Uzbekistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 72.31, and the mean is 66.96.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 38.

Over the past decade 160 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 2,292.3%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 43.2%).

Trading across borders (DB06-15 methodology) - Score: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Singapore 96.47 2014 down 0.3% flat
2 Hong Kong 95.36 2014 up 22.0% rising
3 South Korea 93.45 2014 up 18.9% rising
4 Sweden 93.06 2014 down 0.3% flat
5 Ireland 93.01 2014 up 0.2% flat
6 Estonia 92.76 2014 up 1.9% flat
7 Denmark 92.23 2014 up 0.0% flat
8 United Arab Emirates 91.46 2014 up 8.9% rising
9 Panama 91.25 2014 down 0.6% flat
10 France 90.18 2014 up 48.4% rising
11 Malaysia 89.94 2014 up 1.5% flat
12 Israel 89.39 2014 up 2.2% flat
13 Netherlands 89.22 2014 up 2.5% flat
14 Finland 89.1 2014 down 0.4% flat
15 United Kingdom 88.32 2014 up 4.1% rising
16 United States 88.25 2014 down 0.1% flat
17 Mauritius 87.74 2014 up 6.4% rising
18 Germany 87.67 2014 down 1.7% flat
19 Austria 87.66 2014 down 0.4% flat
20 Japan 87.23 2014 down 0.3% flat
21 Lithuania 87.21 2014 up 4.9% rising
22 Switzerland 86.1 2014 down 1.2% flat
23 Canada 86.07 2014 up 0.4% flat
24 Norway 85.56 2014 down 2.3% flat
25 Dominican Republic 85.56 2014 up 22.7% rising
26 Belgium 85.55 2014 up 2.2% flat
27 New Zealand 85.41 2014 up 0.7% flat
28 Latvia 85.36 2014 up 7.6% rising
29 Portugal 85.2 2014 up 3.1% flat
30 Spain 84.68 2014 up 1.1% flat
31 Morocco 84.64 2014 up 20.0% rising
32 Taiwan 84.38 2014 up 1.5% flat
33 Georgia 84.02 2014 up 219.9% rising
34 Cyprus 83.87 2014 up 0.2% flat
35 Luxembourg 83.58 2014 up 2.0% flat
36 Thailand 83.57 2014 up 45.5% rising
37 Italy 83.44 2014 up 2.7% flat
38 Iceland 83.23 2014 up 4.9% flat
39 Chile 82.05 2014 up 2.8% flat
40 Poland 81.8 2014 up 1.9% flat
41 Seychelles 81.65 2014 up 12.4% rising
42 Mexico 81.26 2014 up 7.6% rising
43 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 81.05 2014 up 6.8% rising
44 Brunei 80.87 2014 up 4.3% rising
45 Costa Rica 80.84 2014 up 34.7% rising
46 Greece 80.8 2014 up 5.4% rising
47 Australia 80.53 2014 up 1.2% flat
48 Tunisia 80.36 2014 up 4.1% rising
49 Grenada 80.22 2014 up 13.0% rising
50 Montenegro 79.37 2014 up 5.9% rising
51 Slovenia 79.29 2014 up 7.9% rising
52 Jordan 78.92 2014 up 31.6% rising
53 Peru 78.81 2014 up 8.4% rising
54 Djibouti 78.65 2014 up 54.9% rising
55 Bulgaria 78.34 2014 up 21.7% rising
56 Czechia 78.33 2014 down 2.2% flat
57 Oman 78.05 2014 up 7.1% rising
58 Qatar 77.79 2014 up 6.5% rising
59 Indonesia 77.46 2014 up 9.8% rising
60 Bahamas 77.36 2014 down 2.1% flat
61 Bahrain 77.27 2014 up 3.6% flat
62 Philippines 77.23 2014 up 6.4% rising
63 Romania 77.23 2014 up 67.9% rising
64 Saint Kitts and Nevis 77.22 2014 up 3.7% flat
65 Marshall Islands 76.97 2014 up 2.8% flat
66 Sri Lanka 76.94 2014 up 20.3% rising
67 Honduras 76.5 2014 up 9.3% rising
68 Slovakia 76.49 2014 up 1.8% flat
69 Hungary 76.48 2014 up 3.1% flat
70 El Salvador 76.01 2014 up 10.8% rising
71 Nicaragua 75.84 2014 up 40.5% rising
72 Vietnam 75.56 2014 up 9.8% rising
73 Trinidad and Tobago 75.55 2014 up 9.1% rising
74 Gambia 75.52 2014 up 8.8% rising
75 Tonga 75.49 2014 up 5.5% flat
76 Senegal 75.08 2014 up 50.2% rising
77 Samoa 74.78 2014 up 6.4% rising
78 Kiribati 74.76 2014 up 8.5% rising
79 Guyana 74.63 2014 up 11.8% rising
80 Uruguay 74.6 2014 up 13.6% rising
81 Puerto Rico 74.53 2014 up 3.6% flat
82 North Macedonia 74.43 2014 up 9.9% rising
83 Croatia 74.25 2014 up 9.3% rising
84 Solomon Islands 74.24 2014 up 13.4% rising
85 Dominica 74.03 2014 up 10.3% rising
86 Antigua and Barbuda 73.58 2014 down 0.3% flat
87 Turkey 73.26 2014 up 29.3% rising
88 Belize 73.17 2014 up 5.3% flat
89 Saudi Arabia 73.01 2014 up 3.9% flat
90 Colombia 72.69 2014 up 34.5% rising
91 East Timor 72.49 2014 up 7.9% rising
92 Albania 72.48 2014 up 5.3% rising
93 Serbia 72.13 2014 up 49.7% rising
94 Lebanon 71.96 2014 up 13.6% rising
95 China 71.68 2014 up 1.6% flat
96 Egypt 71.56 2014 up 48.1% rising
97 South Africa 71.05 2014 up 21.3% rising
98 Cape Verde 70.92 2014 up 3.7% flat
99 Guatemala 70.1 2014 up 17.1% rising
100 Bosnia and Herzegovina 69.76 2014 up 4.2% flat
101 Palau 69.49 2014 up 10.5% rising
102 Suriname 69.42 2014 up 14.6% rising
103 Micronesia (country) 69.42 2014 up 6.1% rising
104 Pakistan 69.05 2014 up 30.6% rising
105 Madagascar 68.98 2014 up 111.6% rising
106 Armenia 68.81 2014 up 27.0% rising
107 Sao Tome and Principe 68.73 2014 up 21.1% rising
108 Togo 68.58 2014 up 25.4% rising
109 Vanuatu 68.5 2014 up 19.0% rising
110 Ecuador 68.23 2014 up 22.7% rising
111 Jamaica 68.22 2014 up 26.5% rising
112 Fiji 68.04 2014 up 4.5% flat
113 Kuwait 68 2014 up 12.1% rising
114 Kosovo 67.7 2014 up 11.2% rising
114 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 67.7 2014 up 11.2% rising
116 Guinea-Bissau 67.41 2014 up 4.4% rising
117 Ghana 67.1 2014 up 121.9% rising
118 Benin 66.45 2014 up 23.2% rising
119 Saint Lucia 66.44 2014 up 15.8% rising
120 Brazil 66.11 2014 down 2.6% falling
121 Cambodia 65.92 2014 up 32.4% rising
122 Bolivia 65.79 2014 up 20.3% rising
123 India 65.47 2014 up 23.0% rising
124 Eswatini 65.43 2014 up 31.7% rising
125 Argentina 65.11 2014 up 40.5% rising
126 Mozambique 64.76 2014 up 20.0% rising
127 Palestine 64.43 2014 down 0.5% flat
128 Algeria 64.21 2014 up 29.4% rising
129 Maldives 63.63 2014 up 2.9% flat
130 Sierra Leone 63.61 2014 up 32.9% rising
131 Yemen 63.54 2014 up 26.3% rising
132 Gabon 63.26 2014 up 1.1% flat
133 Namibia 63.17 2014 up 2.4% flat
134 Tanzania 62.96 2014 up 57.1% rising
135 Papua New Guinea 62.61 2014 up 2.3% flat
136 Bangladesh 61.36 2014 up 33.2% rising
137 Guinea 60.25 2014 up 45.8% rising
138 Haiti 59.98 2014 up 86.1% rising
139 Equatorial Guinea 59.67 2014 up 32.1% rising
140 Comoros 59.33 2014 up 2.9% flat
141 Belarus 59.09 2014 up 93.1% rising
142 Syria 58.57 2014 up 5.7% rising
143 Lesotho 57.86 2014 up 30.1% rising
144 Iran 56.81 2014 up 48.4% rising
145 Liberia 56.4 2014 up 18.8% rising
146 Paraguay 55.92 2014 up 9.6% rising
147 Mauritania 55.49 2014 up 16.2% rising
148 Moldova 54.97 2014 up 28.2% rising
149 Kenya 54.49 2014 up 156.9% rising
150 Ukraine 53.96 2014 up 82.0% rising
151 Russia 53.58 2014 up 69.0% rising
152 Laos 52.96 2014 up 187.4% rising
153 Botswana 52.02 2014 up 34.3% rising
154 Cote d'Ivoire 50.54 2014 up 20.2% rising
155 Nigeria 50.12 2014 up 170.2% rising
156 Cameroon 49.83 2014 down 4.0% falling
157 Uganda 48.01 2014 up 176.6% rising
158 Sudan 46.98 2014 up 166.0% rising
159 Mali 46.33 2014 up 58.6% rising
160 Rwanda 44.67 2014 up 2,292.3% volatile
161 Bhutan 43.1 2014 up 3.1% falling
162 Azerbaijan 42.37 2014 up 77.7% rising
163 Angola 40.96 2014 up 196.6% rising
164 Ethiopia 38.58 2014 up 94.5% rising
165 Burundi 37.5 2014 up 198.9% rising
166 Malawi 37.4 2014 up 225.9% rising
167 Nepal 36.08 2014 up 22.7% rising
168 Eritrea 32.24 2014 up 437.7% rising
169 Mongolia 30.18 2014 up 128.1% rising
170 Burkina Faso 29.51 2014 up 50.8% rising
171 Democratic Republic of Congo 29.09 2014 up 62.7% rising
172 Venezuela 25.55 2014 up 8.4% falling
173 Zambia 20.92 2014 up 20.7% rising
174 Iraq 20.48 2014 up 147.9% rising
175 Niger 19.66 2014 down 7.7% falling
176 Zimbabwe 19.4 2014 down 33.2% falling
177 Congo 15.4 2014 down 15.0% falling
178 Chad 10.68 2014 down 22.7% falling
179 Kyrgyzstan 9.7 2014 — volatile
180 Afghanistan 9.21 2014 down 43.2% falling
181 Kazakhstan 7.87 2014 up 207.1% volatile
182 Central African Republic 6.48 2014 down 16.1% falling
183 Tajikistan 3.85 2014 up 35.8% rising
184 Uzbekistan 2.56 2014 — volatile

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Trading across borders (DB06-15 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
184 places, 1,819 data points, 2005–2014
Last refreshed

Doing Business measures the time and cost associated with exporting and importing a standardized cargo of goods by sea transport. The time and cost necessary to complete 4 predefined stages (document preparation; customs clearance and inspections; inland transport and handling; and port and terminal handling) for exporting and importing the goods are recorded. All documents needed by the trader to export or import the goods across the border are also recorded. The process of exporting goods ranges from packing the goods into the container at the warehouse to their departure from the port of exit. The process of importing goods ranges from the vessel’s arrival at the port of entry to the cargo’s delivery at the warehouse. For landlocked economies, since the seaport is located in the transit economy, the time, cost and documents associated with the processes at the inland border are also included. The score for trading across borders is a simple average of the cost to export and import, time to export and import, and the number documents to export and import. It is computed based on the methodology in the DB06-15 studies.