How does Japan rank for trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score?

Japan ranks 56th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.

Is trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score rising or falling in Japan?

Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.

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

Name: Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Japan
Creator: World Bank
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Japan: Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score was 85.94 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)

85.94

Change on year

down 0.4%

World rank

56th

of 188 countries

All-time high

86.51

in 2014

All-time low

85.94

in 2019

Years of data

2014–2019

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

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in Japan stood at 85.94. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.

That places Japan 56th out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Japan

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Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Manure applied to Soils 1,056 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Manure left on Pasture 1,475 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied to 1,056 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Enteric Fermentat 7,256 (2050)

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in Japan?: Trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in Japan was 85.94 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Japan?: The highest recorded value was 86.51 in 2014.
What is the lowest trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Japan?: The lowest recorded value was 85.94 in 2019.
How does Japan rank for trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score?: Japan ranks 56th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score rising or falling in Japan?: Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Japan 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: 190 places, 1,139 data points, 2014–2019
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026

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.