Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score was 73.29 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
73.29
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
97th
of 191 countries
All-time high
73.29
in 2017
All-time low
70.7
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

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

0204060802014201620192014: 70.72015: 70.72016: 70.72017: 73.32018: 73.32019: 73.3

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Sri Lanka recorded 73.29 for trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

That represents a change of up 3.7% over ten years.

Sri Lanka ranks 97th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Sri Lanka, 2014 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2014 70.7 —
2015 70.7 +0.0%
2016 70.7 +0.0%
2017 73.29 +3.7%
2018 73.29 +0.0%
2019 73.29 +0.0%

Sri Lanka compared with similar countries

  • Sri Lanka's 73.29 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 74.64, 98% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Sri Lanka's 73.29 is below the median for South Asia, which is 77.88, 94% of the median. (6 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Sri Lanka

  1. 94 Saint Lucia 73.87 compare
  2. 95 Mozambique 73.84 compare
  3. 96 Mali 73.3 compare
  4. 98 Tonga 72.64 compare
  5. 99 Seychelles 71.79 compare
  6. 100 Russia 71.76 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in Sri Lanka?
Trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in Sri Lanka was 73.29 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Sri Lanka?
The highest recorded value was 73.29 in 2017.
What is the lowest trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Sri Lanka?
The lowest recorded value was 70.7 in 2014.
How does Sri Lanka rank for trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score?
Sri Lanka ranks 97th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Sri Lanka 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
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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.