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

Jamaica: Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score was 61.54 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
61.54
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
137th
of 191 countries
All-time high
61.54
in 2017
All-time low
59.61
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

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

02040602014201620192014: 59.62015: 59.62016: 60.72017: 61.52018: 61.52019: 61.5

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in Jamaica is 61.54, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

The figure is up 3.2% over ten years.

That places Jamaica 137th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Jamaica, 2014 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2014 59.61 —
2015 59.61 +0.0%
2016 60.7 +1.8%
2017 61.54 +1.4%
2018 61.54 +0.0%
2019 61.54 +0.0%

Jamaica compared with similar countries

  • Jamaica's 61.54 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 74.64, 82% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Jamaica's 61.54 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 71.25, 86% of the median. (33 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Jamaica

  1. 134 Colombia 62.72 compare
  2. 135 Trinidad and Tobago 62.6 compare
  3. 136 Kiribati 62.08 compare
  4. 138 Grenada 61.52 compare
  5. 139 Namibia 61.47 compare
  6. 140 Palau 60.98 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in Jamaica?
Trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in Jamaica was 61.54 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Jamaica?
The highest recorded value was 61.54 in 2017.
What is the lowest trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Jamaica?
The lowest recorded value was 59.61 in 2014.
How does Jamaica rank for trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score?
Jamaica ranks 137th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score rising or falling in Jamaica?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Jamaica 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
Last refreshed

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.