Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone: Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score was 51.88 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
51.88
Change on year
up 5.9%
World rank
166th
of 191 countries
All-time high
51.88
in 2019
All-time low
43.81
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

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

02040602014201620192014: 43.82015: 43.82016: 43.82017: 492018: 492019: 51.9

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Sierra Leone recorded 51.88 for trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.9% on the previous year and up 18.4% over ten years.

That places Sierra Leone 166th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Annual values for Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Sierra Leone, 2014 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2014 43.81
2015 43.81 +0.0%
2016 43.81 +0.0%
2017 48.99 +11.8%
2018 48.99 +0.0%
2019 51.88 +5.9%

Sierra Leone compared with similar countries

  • Sierra Leone's 51.88 is below the median for low income countries, which is 52.12, 100% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
  • Sierra Leone's 51.88 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 59.62, 87% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Sierra Leone

  1. 163 Kuwait 52.61 compare
  2. 164 Cote d'Ivoire 52.44 compare
  3. 165 Central African Republic 52.36 compare
  4. 167 Somalia 51.6 compare
  5. 168 Guinea 47.82 compare
  6. 169 Myanmar 47.67 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in Sierra Leone?
Trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in Sierra Leone was 51.88 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Sierra Leone?
The highest recorded value was 51.88 in 2019.
What is the lowest trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Sierra Leone?
The lowest recorded value was 43.81 in 2014.
How does Sierra Leone rank for trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score?
Sierra Leone ranks 166th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
Over the last ten years it is up 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sierra Leone 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.