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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

Latest (2019)
59.64
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
144th
of 188 countries
All-time high
59.73
in 2014
All-time low
59.64
in 2018
Years of data
6
2014–2019

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

02040602014201620192014: 59.72015: 59.72016: 59.72017: 59.72018: 59.62019: 59.6

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 144th of 188 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Countries ranked near South Africa

  1. 141 Senegal 60.85 compare
  2. 142 Mongolia 60.83 compare
  3. 143 Mauritania 60.3 compare
  4. 145 Guinea-Bissau 59.6 compare
  5. 146 Vanuatu 59.13 compare
  6. 147 Brunei 58.7 compare

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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 144th out of 188 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

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

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.