Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea: Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score was 65.75 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
65.75
Change on year
up 8.7%
World rank
126th
of 191 countries
All-time high
65.75
in 2019
All-time low
60.47
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Papua New Guinea, 2014–2019

02040602014201620192014: 60.52015: 60.52016: 60.52017: 60.52018: 60.52019: 65.8

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in Papua New Guinea is 65.75, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.7% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.

Papua New Guinea ranks 126th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Papua New Guinea, year by year

Annual values for Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Papua New Guinea, 2014 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2014 60.47 —
2015 60.47 +0.0%
2016 60.47 +0.0%
2017 60.47 +0.0%
2018 60.47 +0.0%
2019 65.75 +8.7%

Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries

  • Papua New Guinea's 65.75 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 62.08, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Papua New Guinea's 65.75 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 70.56, 93% of the median. (28 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea

  1. 123 Burkina Faso 66.58 compare
  2. 124 Iran 66.2 compare
  3. 125 Sao Tome and Principe 66.03 compare
  4. 127 Niger 65.4 compare
  5. 128 Malawi 65.29 compare
  6. 129 Paraguay 65.1 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in Papua New Guinea?
Trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in Papua New Guinea was 65.75 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Papua New Guinea?
The highest recorded value was 65.75 in 2019.
What is the lowest trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Papua New Guinea?
The lowest recorded value was 60.47 in 2014.
How does Papua New Guinea rank for trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score?
Papua New Guinea ranks 126th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.