Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Democratic Republic of Congo

Democratic Republic of Congo: Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score was 3.45 in 2019. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2019)
3.45
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
188th
of 191 countries
All-time high
3.45
in 2018
All-time low
1.26
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Democratic Republic of Congo, 2014–2019

01232014201620192014: 1.32015: 1.32016: 1.32017: 1.32018: 3.52019: 3.5

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Democratic Republic of Congo recorded 3.45 for trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

That represents a change of up 175.0% over ten years.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 188th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Democratic Republic of Congo, year by year

Annual values for Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Democratic Republic of Congo, 2014 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2014 1.26
2015 1.26 +0.0%
2016 1.26 +0.0%
2017 1.26 +0.0%
2018 3.45 +175.0%
2019 3.45 +0.0%

Democratic Republic of Congo compared with similar countries

  • Democratic Republic of Congo's 3.45 is below the median for low income countries, which is 52.12, 7% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
  • Democratic Republic of Congo's 3.45 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 59.62, 6% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in Democratic Republic of Congo?
Trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in Democratic Republic of Congo was 3.45 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Democratic Republic of Congo?
The highest recorded value was 3.45 in 2018.
What is the lowest trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Democratic Republic of Congo?
The lowest recorded value was 1.26 in 2014.
How does Democratic Republic of Congo rank for trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score?
Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 188th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score rising or falling in Democratic Republic of Congo?
Over the last ten years it is up 175.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Democratic Republic of Congo data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 1,145 data points, 2014–2019
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Doing Business measures the time and cost associated with three sets of procedures of exporting and importing goods —documentary compliance, border compliance and domestic transport—within the overall process of exporting or importing a shipment of goods. The score for trading across borders is the simple average of the scores for the time and cost for documentary compliance and border compliance to export and import. It is computed based on the methodology in the DB16-20 studies.