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

Kenya: Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score was 67.44 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
67.44
Change on year
down 0.9%
World rank
118th
of 191 countries
All-time high
68.06
in 2018
All-time low
65.83
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

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

02040602014201620192014: 65.82015: 65.82016: 66.42017: 67.62018: 68.12019: 67.4

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Kenya recorded 67.44 for trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in 2019.

The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.

Kenya ranks 118th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Kenya, 2014 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2014 65.83
2015 65.83 +0.0%
2016 66.38 +0.8%
2017 67.63 +1.9%
2018 68.06 +0.6%
2019 67.44 -0.9%

Kenya compared with similar countries

  • Kenya's 67.44 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 62.08, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Kenya's 67.44 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 59.62, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Kenya

  1. 115 Belize 68.23 compare
  2. 116 Gambia 67.81 compare
  3. 117 Indonesia 67.54 compare
  4. 119 Cambodia 67.28 compare
  5. 120 Argentina 67.09 compare
  6. 121 Comoros 66.87 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in Kenya?
Trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in Kenya was 67.44 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Kenya?
The highest recorded value was 68.06 in 2018.
What is the lowest trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Kenya?
The lowest recorded value was 65.83 in 2014.
How does Kenya rank for trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score?
Kenya ranks 118th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score rising or falling in Kenya?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Kenya 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
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.