Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in South Africa
South Africa: Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score was 59.64 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in South Africa, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 59.64 for trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.1% over ten years.
South Africa ranks 146th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in South Africa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 59.73 | — |
| 2015 | 59.73 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 59.73 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 59.73 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 59.64 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 59.64 | +0.0% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 59.64 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 74.64, 80% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- South Africa's 59.64 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 59.62, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near South Africa
More reference data data for South Africa
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.5111 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 8.71 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 13.63 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.7468 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 13.63 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.71 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.49 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 41.1 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 63.65 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 4.07 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in South Africa?
- Trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in South Africa was 59.64 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 59.73 in 2014.
- What is the lowest trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 59.64 in 2018.
- How does South Africa rank for trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score?
- South Africa ranks 146th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this South Africa 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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About this data
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.