Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates: Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score was 74.1 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
74.1
Change on year
up 2.0%
World rank
93rd
of 191 countries
All-time high
74.1
in 2019
All-time low
72.68
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in United Arab Emirates, 2014–2019

0204060802014201620192014: 72.72015: 72.72016: 72.72017: 72.72018: 72.72019: 74.1

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

United Arab Emirates recorded 74.1 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 2.0% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.

That places United Arab Emirates 93rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in United Arab Emirates, year by year

Annual values for Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in United Arab Emirates, 2014 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2014 72.68 —
2015 72.68 +0.0%
2016 72.68 +0.0%
2017 72.68 +0.0%
2018 72.68 +0.0%
2019 74.1 +2.0%

United Arab Emirates compared with similar countries

  • United Arab Emirates's 74.1 is below the median for high income countries, which is 90.67, 82% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • United Arab Emirates's 74.1 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 68.83, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near United Arab Emirates

  1. 90 Kyrgyzstan 74.72 compare
  2. 91 Tunisia 74.63 compare
  3. 92 Dominica 74.26 compare
  4. 94 Saint Lucia 73.87 compare
  5. 95 Mozambique 73.84 compare
  6. 96 Mali 73.3 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in United Arab Emirates?
Trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in United Arab Emirates was 74.1 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in United Arab Emirates?
The highest recorded value was 74.1 in 2019.
What is the lowest trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in United Arab Emirates?
The lowest recorded value was 72.68 in 2014.
How does United Arab Emirates rank for trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score?
United Arab Emirates ranks 93rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.