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

Countries reporting

181

Highest

96.47

Singapore

Lowest

2.56

Uzbekistan

Median

72.48

Years covered

2005–2014

Data points

1,813

What the numbers show

Trading across borders (DB06-15 methodology) - Score is currently reported for 181 countries. The highest value is 96.47 in Singapore; the lowest is 2.56 in Uzbekistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 72.48, and the mean is 66.89.

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

Over the past decade 157 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	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
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	Bulgaria	78.34	2014	up 21.7%	rising
55	Czechia	78.33	2014	down 2.2%	flat
56	Oman	78.05	2014	up 7.1%	rising
57	Qatar	77.79	2014	up 6.5%	rising
58	Indonesia	77.46	2014	up 9.8%	rising
59	Bahamas	77.36	2014	down 2.1%	flat
60	Bahrain	77.27	2014	up 3.6%	flat
61	Philippines	77.23	2014	up 6.4%	rising
62	Romania	77.23	2014	up 67.9%	rising
63	Saint Kitts and Nevis	77.22	2014	up 3.7%	flat
64	Marshall Islands	76.97	2014	up 2.8%	flat
65	Sri Lanka	76.94	2014	up 20.3%	rising
66	Honduras	76.5	2014	up 9.3%	rising
67	Slovakia	76.49	2014	up 1.8%	flat
68	Hungary	76.48	2014	up 3.1%	flat
69	El Salvador	76.01	2014	up 10.8%	rising
70	Nicaragua	75.84	2014	up 40.5%	rising
71	Vietnam	75.56	2014	up 9.8%	rising
72	Trinidad and Tobago	75.55	2014	up 9.1%	rising
73	Gambia	75.52	2014	up 8.8%	rising
74	Tonga	75.49	2014	up 5.5%	flat
75	Senegal	75.08	2014	up 50.2%	rising
76	Samoa	74.78	2014	up 6.4%	rising
77	Kiribati	74.76	2014	up 8.5%	rising
78	Guyana	74.63	2014	up 11.8%	rising
79	Uruguay	74.6	2014	up 13.6%	rising
80	Puerto Rico	74.53	2014	up 3.6%	flat
81	North Macedonia	74.43	2014	up 9.9%	rising
82	Croatia	74.25	2014	up 9.3%	rising
83	Solomon Islands	74.24	2014	up 13.4%	rising
84	Dominica	74.03	2014	up 10.3%	rising
85	Antigua and Barbuda	73.58	2014	down 0.3%	flat
86	Turkey	73.26	2014	up 29.3%	rising
87	Belize	73.17	2014	up 5.3%	flat
88	Saudi Arabia	73.01	2014	up 3.9%	flat
89	Colombia	72.69	2014	up 34.5%	rising
90	East Timor	72.49	2014	up 7.9%	rising
91	Albania	72.48	2014	up 5.3%	rising
92	Serbia	72.13	2014	up 49.7%	rising
93	Lebanon	71.96	2014	up 13.6%	rising
94	China	71.68	2014	up 1.6%	flat
95	Egypt	71.56	2014	up 48.1%	rising
96	South Africa	71.05	2014	up 21.3%	rising
97	Cape Verde	70.92	2014	up 3.7%	flat
98	Guatemala	70.1	2014	up 17.1%	rising
99	Bosnia and Herzegovina	69.76	2014	up 4.2%	flat
100	Palau	69.49	2014	up 10.5%	rising
101	Suriname	69.42	2014	up 14.6%	rising
102	Micronesia (country)	69.42	2014	up 6.1%	rising
103	Pakistan	69.05	2014	up 30.6%	rising
104	Madagascar	68.98	2014	up 111.6%	rising
105	Armenia	68.81	2014	up 27.0%	rising
106	Sao Tome and Principe	68.73	2014	up 21.1%	rising
107	Togo	68.58	2014	up 25.4%	rising
108	Vanuatu	68.5	2014	up 19.0%	rising
109	Ecuador	68.23	2014	up 22.7%	rising
110	Jamaica	68.22	2014	up 26.5%	rising
111	Fiji	68.04	2014	up 4.5%	flat
112	Kuwait	68	2014	up 12.1%	rising
113	Guinea-Bissau	67.41	2014	up 4.4%	rising
114	Ghana	67.1	2014	up 121.9%	rising
115	Benin	66.45	2014	up 23.2%	rising
116	Saint Lucia	66.44	2014	up 15.8%	rising
117	Brazil	66.11	2014	down 2.6%	falling
118	Cambodia	65.92	2014	up 32.4%	rising
119	Bolivia	65.79	2014	up 20.3%	rising
120	India	65.47	2014	up 23.0%	rising
121	Eswatini	65.43	2014	up 31.7%	rising
122	Argentina	65.11	2014	up 40.5%	rising
123	Mozambique	64.76	2014	up 20.0%	rising
124	Palestine	64.43	2014	down 0.5%	flat
125	Algeria	64.21	2014	up 29.4%	rising
126	Maldives	63.63	2014	up 2.9%	flat
127	Sierra Leone	63.61	2014	up 32.9%	rising
128	Yemen	63.54	2014	up 26.3%	rising
129	Gabon	63.26	2014	up 1.1%	flat
130	Namibia	63.17	2014	up 2.4%	flat
131	Tanzania	62.96	2014	up 57.1%	rising
132	Papua New Guinea	62.61	2014	up 2.3%	flat
133	Bangladesh	61.36	2014	up 33.2%	rising
134	Guinea	60.25	2014	up 45.8%	rising
135	Haiti	59.98	2014	up 86.1%	rising
136	Equatorial Guinea	59.67	2014	up 32.1%	rising
137	Comoros	59.33	2014	up 2.9%	flat
138	Belarus	59.09	2014	up 93.1%	rising
139	Syria	58.57	2014	up 5.7%	rising
140	Lesotho	57.86	2014	up 30.1%	rising
141	Iran	56.81	2014	up 48.4%	rising
142	Liberia	56.4	2014	up 18.8%	rising
143	Paraguay	55.92	2014	up 9.6%	rising
144	Mauritania	55.49	2014	up 16.2%	rising
145	Moldova	54.97	2014	up 28.2%	rising
146	Kenya	54.49	2014	up 156.9%	rising
147	Ukraine	53.96	2014	up 82.0%	rising
148	Russia	53.58	2014	up 69.0%	rising
149	Laos	52.96	2014	up 187.4%	rising
150	Botswana	52.02	2014	up 34.3%	rising
151	Cote d'Ivoire	50.54	2014	up 20.2%	rising
152	Nigeria	50.12	2014	up 170.2%	rising
153	Cameroon	49.83	2014	down 4.0%	falling
154	Uganda	48.01	2014	up 176.6%	rising
155	Sudan	46.98	2014	up 166.0%	rising
156	Mali	46.33	2014	up 58.6%	rising
157	Rwanda	44.67	2014	up 2,292.3%	volatile
158	Bhutan	43.1	2014	up 3.1%	falling
159	Azerbaijan	42.37	2014	up 77.7%	rising
160	Angola	40.96	2014	up 196.6%	rising
161	Ethiopia	38.58	2014	up 94.5%	rising
162	Burundi	37.5	2014	up 198.9%	rising
163	Malawi	37.4	2014	up 225.9%	rising
164	Nepal	36.08	2014	up 22.7%	rising
165	Eritrea	32.24	2014	up 437.7%	rising
166	Mongolia	30.18	2014	up 128.1%	rising
167	Burkina Faso	29.51	2014	up 50.8%	rising
168	Democratic Republic of Congo	29.09	2014	up 62.7%	rising
169	Venezuela	25.55	2014	up 8.4%	falling
170	Zambia	20.92	2014	up 20.7%	rising
171	Iraq	20.48	2014	up 147.9%	rising
172	Niger	19.66	2014	down 7.7%	falling
173	Zimbabwe	19.4	2014	down 33.2%	falling
174	Congo	15.4	2014	down 15.0%	falling
175	Chad	10.68	2014	down 22.7%	falling
176	Kyrgyzstan	9.7	2014	—	volatile
177	Afghanistan	9.21	2014	down 43.2%	falling
178	Kazakhstan	7.87	2014	up 207.1%	volatile
179	Central African Republic	6.48	2014	down 16.1%	falling
180	Tajikistan	3.85	2014	up 35.8%	rising
181	Uzbekistan	2.56	2014	—	volatile

Regions and income groups

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

Kosovo 67.7

About this data

Indicator: Trading across borders (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: 10 August 2026

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.