Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score was 54.34 in 2019. ▼ Falling
Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Zimbabwe, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 54.34 for trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 17.1% over ten years.
Zimbabwe ranks 160th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Trading across borders (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 65.52 | — |
| 2015 | 65.52 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 54.34 | -17.1% |
| 2017 | 54.34 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 54.34 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 54.34 | +0.0% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 54.34 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 62.08, 88% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 54.34 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 59.62, 91% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More reference data data for Zimbabwe
- Spring temperature anomalies -0.1903 (2026)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.2726 (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.8086 (2026)
- Country level monthly temperature anomalies -0.5886 (2026)
- Exchange rate, new LCU per USD extended backward, period average 58,959 (2026)
- Exchange rate, old LCU per USD extended forward, period average 58,959 (2026)
- Official exchange rate, LCU per USD, period average 58,959 (2026)
- Urban area long term, annual growth rate 1.8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Urban area long term, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Urban area long term, per capita 0.0002 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in Zimbabwe?
- Trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score in Zimbabwe was 54.34 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 65.52 in 2014.
- What is the lowest trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.34 in 2016.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score?
- Zimbabwe ranks 160th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is trading across borders (db16-20 methodology) - score rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.