Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Ghana

Ghana: Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score was 54.84 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
54.84
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
159th
of 191 countries
All-time high
54.84
in 2018
All-time low
43.75
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

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

02040602014201620192014: 43.72015: 43.72016: 52.32017: 52.32018: 54.82019: 54.8

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in Ghana is 54.84, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

The figure is up 25.4% over ten years.

Ghana ranks 159th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Annual values for Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Ghana, 2014 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2014 43.75
2015 43.75 +0.0%
2016 52.32 +19.6%
2017 52.32 +0.0%
2018 54.84 +4.8%
2019 54.84 +0.0%

Ghana compared with similar countries

  • Ghana's 54.84 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 62.08, 88% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Ghana's 54.84 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 59.62, 92% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Ghana

  1. 156 Zambia 56.88 compare
  2. 157 Ethiopia 56 compare
  3. 158 Maldives 55.87 compare
  4. 160 Zimbabwe 54.34 compare
  5. 161 Solomon Islands 53.45 compare
  6. 162 Bahamas 53.07 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in Ghana?
Trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in Ghana was 54.84 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Ghana?
The highest recorded value was 54.84 in 2018.
What is the lowest trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Ghana?
The lowest recorded value was 43.75 in 2014.
How does Ghana rank for trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score?
Ghana ranks 159th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score rising or falling in Ghana?
Over the last ten years it is up 25.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Ghana 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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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.