Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Vanuatu

Vanuatu: Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score was 59.13 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
59.13
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
149th
of 191 countries
All-time high
59.13
in 2015
All-time low
55.91
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

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

02040602014201620192014: 55.92015: 59.12016: 59.12017: 59.12018: 59.12019: 59.1

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in Vanuatu is 59.13, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.8% over ten years.

That places Vanuatu 149th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Annual values for Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Vanuatu, 2014 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2014 55.91 —
2015 59.13 +5.8%
2016 59.13 +0.0%
2017 59.13 +0.0%
2018 59.13 +0.0%
2019 59.13 +0.0%

Vanuatu compared with similar countries

  • Vanuatu's 59.13 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 62.08, 95% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Vanuatu's 59.13 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 70.56, 84% of the median. (28 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Vanuatu

  1. 146 South Africa 59.64 compare
  2. 147 Guinea-Bissau 59.6 compare
  3. 148 Djibouti 59.37 compare
  4. 150 Brunei 58.7 compare
  5. 151 Uruguay 58.39 compare
  6. 152 Guyana 58.27 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in Vanuatu?
Trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in Vanuatu was 59.13 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Vanuatu?
The highest recorded value was 59.13 in 2015.
What is the lowest trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Vanuatu?
The lowest recorded value was 55.91 in 2014.
How does Vanuatu rank for trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score?
Vanuatu ranks 149th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score rising or falling in Vanuatu?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Vanuatu 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
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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.