Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score was 77.6 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
77.6
Change on year
down 2.2%
World rank
82nd
of 191 countries
All-time high
79.86
in 2014
All-time low
77.6
in 2019
Years of data
6
2014–2019

Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Costa Rica, 2014–2019

0204060802014201620192014: 79.92015: 79.92016: 79.32017: 79.32018: 79.32019: 77.6

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Costa Rica recorded 77.6 for trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.

The figure is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 2.8% over ten years.

Costa Rica ranks 82nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Costa Rica, 2014 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2014 79.86 —
2015 79.86 +0.0%
2016 79.32 -0.7%
2017 79.32 +0.0%
2018 79.32 +0.0%
2019 77.6 -2.2%

Costa Rica compared with similar countries

  • Costa Rica's 77.6 is below the median for high income countries, which is 90.67, 86% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Costa Rica's 77.6 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 71.25, 1.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 79 Bahrain 78.68 compare
  2. 80 Laos 78.12 compare
  3. 81 Fiji 77.89 compare
  4. 83 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 77.35 compare
  5. 84 Guatemala 77.15 compare
  6. 85 Nicaragua 76.99 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in Costa Rica?
Trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in Costa Rica was 77.6 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 79.86 in 2014.
What is the lowest trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 77.6 in 2019.
How does Costa Rica rank for trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score?
Costa Rica ranks 82nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Costa Rica 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.