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Trading across borders: Documents to export (number) (DB06-15 methodology) by country

The number of documents to export records the number of documents required by law or common practice by relevant agencies per export shipment. All documents required by law or common practice by relevant agencies—including government ministries, customs authorities, port authorities and other control agencies—per...

Countries reporting
184
Highest
11 DB06-15 methodology
Cameroon
Lowest
2 DB06-15 methodology
Ireland
Median
6 DB06-15 methodology
Years covered
10
2005–2014
Data points
1,819

What the numbers show

Trading across borders: Documents to export (number) (DB06-15 methodology) is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 11 DB06-15 methodology in Cameroon; the lowest is 2 DB06-15 methodology in Ireland.

The median across all reporting countries is 6 DB06-15 methodology, and the mean is 6.2 DB06-15 methodology.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in Bosnia and Herzegovina (up 33.3%), and the largest decrease in France (down 71.4%).

Trading across borders: Documents to export (number): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Cameroon 11 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 22.2% rising
1 Congo 11 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
1 Mongolia 11 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
1 Malawi 11 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
1 Nepal 11 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
1 Tajikistan 11 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
1 Uzbekistan 11 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 15.4% falling
8 Afghanistan 10 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
8 Angola 10 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
8 Burkina Faso 10 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 9.1% falling
8 Eritrea 10 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
8 Iraq 10 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
8 Kazakhstan 10 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 9.1% falling
8 Laos 10 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 16.7% falling
8 Liberia 10 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
16 Azerbaijan 9 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
16 Burundi 9 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
16 Bhutan 9 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
16 Central African Republic 9 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 12.5% rising
16 Cote d'Ivoire 9 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
16 Comoros 9 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
16 Kyrgyzstan 9 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 40.0% falling
16 Moldova 9 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
16 Nigeria 9 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 10.0% falling
16 Russia 9 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 10.0% falling
26 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 33.3% rising
26 Belarus 8 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
26 China 8 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
26 Algeria 8 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 11.1% falling
26 Egypt 8 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
26 Ethiopia 8 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
26 Fiji 8 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
26 Guatemala 8 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 14.3% rising
26 Haiti 8 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
26 Kenya 8 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 14.3% rising
26 Cambodia 8 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 33.3% flat
26 Mauritania 8 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
26 Namibia 8 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
26 Niger 8 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
26 Pakistan 8 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
26 Sao Tome and Principe 8 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
26 Suriname 8 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
26 Syria 8 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
26 Chad 8 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 14.3% rising
26 Ukraine 8 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
26 Venezuela 8 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
26 Kosovo 8 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
26 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 8 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
49 Albania 7 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
49 Benin 7 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 12.5% falling
49 Bolivia 7 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
49 Democratic Republic of Congo 7 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
49 Cape Verde 7 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
49 Ecuador 7 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 12.5% falling
49 Guinea 7 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
49 Equatorial Guinea 7 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
49 India 7 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
49 Iran 7 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
49 Kuwait 7 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
49 Saint Lucia 7 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged rising
49 Sri Lanka 7 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 16.7% rising
49 Lesotho 7 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 12.5% falling
49 Maldives 7 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
49 Mozambique 7 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
49 Oman 7 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
49 Papua New Guinea 7 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
49 Paraguay 7 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
49 Rwanda 7 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 46.2% falling
49 Sudan 7 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
49 Solomon Islands 7 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
49 Sierra Leone 7 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 12.5% falling
49 El Salvador 7 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 16.7% rising
49 Eswatini 7 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 12.5% falling
49 Turkey 7 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 12.5% falling
49 Tanzania 7 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 22.2% falling
49 Uganda 7 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 41.7% falling
49 Zambia 7 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
49 Zimbabwe 7 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
79 Argentina 6 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
79 Bangladesh 6 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
79 Bahrain 6 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
79 Brazil 6 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
79 Botswana 6 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
79 Dominica 6 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
79 Gabon 6 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 20.0% rising
79 Ghana 6 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
79 Gambia 6 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
79 Guinea-Bissau 6 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
79 Guyana 6 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
79 Croatia 6 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
79 Hungary 6 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
79 Jamaica 6 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 20.0% rising
79 Kiribati 6 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
79 North Macedonia 6 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 14.3% falling
79 Mali 6 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 14.3% falling
79 Montenegro 6 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 14.3% falling
79 Philippines 6 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
79 Palestine 6 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
79 Saudi Arabia 6 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 20.0% rising
79 Senegal 6 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 45.5% falling
79 Serbia 6 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
79 Togo 6 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 25.0% falling
79 East Timor 6 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
79 Tonga 6 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
79 Uruguay 6 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
79 Vanuatu 6 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
79 Samoa 6 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
79 Yemen 6 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
109 Armenia 5 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 16.7% falling
109 Antigua and Barbuda 5 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
109 Australia 5 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
109 Bahamas 5 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
109 Belize 5 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
109 Brunei 5 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
109 Chile 5 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
109 Costa Rica 5 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
109 Cyprus 5 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
109 Djibouti 5 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 64.3% volatile
109 Micronesia (country) 5 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
109 Honduras 5 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
109 Jordan 5 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
109 Luxembourg 5 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
109 Latvia 5 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
109 Madagascar 5 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 44.4% falling
109 Marshall Islands 5 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
109 Nicaragua 5 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 16.7% falling
109 Peru 5 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
109 Palau 5 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
109 Poland 5 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
109 Puerto Rico 5 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
109 Qatar 5 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
109 Romania 5 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 28.6% falling
109 Slovakia 5 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
109 Slovenia 5 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
109 Seychelles 5 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
109 Thailand 5 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 44.4% falling
109 Trinidad and Tobago 5 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
109 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
109 Vietnam 5 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
109 South Africa 5 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 28.6% falling
109 Taiwan 5 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
142 Belgium 4 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
142 Bulgaria 4 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 33.3% falling
142 Colombia 4 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
142 Czechia 4 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
142 Germany 4 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
142 Denmark 4 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
142 Dominican Republic 4 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 33.3% falling
142 Spain 4 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
142 Finland 4 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
142 United Kingdom 4 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
142 Georgia 4 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 55.6% falling
142 Greece 4 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
142 Grenada 4 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
142 Indonesia 4 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
142 Iceland 4 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
142 Israel 4 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
142 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
142 Lebanon 4 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 20.0% falling
142 Lithuania 4 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
142 Morocco 4 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 33.3% falling
142 Mexico 4 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
142 Mauritius 4 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
142 Malaysia 4 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
142 Netherlands 4 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
142 Norway 4 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
142 New Zealand 4 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
142 Portugal 4 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
142 Tunisia 4 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
170 United Arab Emirates 3 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 25.0% falling
170 Austria 3 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
170 Canada 3 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
170 Switzerland 3 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
170 Estonia 3 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
170 Hong Kong 3 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 50.0% falling
170 Italy 3 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
170 Japan 3 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
170 South Korea 3 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 40.0% falling
170 Panama 3 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
170 Singapore 3 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
170 Sweden 3 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
170 United States 3 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat
183 France 2 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 71.4% volatile
183 Ireland 2 DB06-15 methodology 2014 unchanged flat

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Indicator
Trading across borders: Documents to export (number) (DB06-15 methodology)
Unit
DB06-15 methodology
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
184 places, 1,819 data points, 2005–2014
Last refreshed

The number of documents to export records the number of documents required by law or common practice by relevant agencies per export shipment. All documents required by law or common practice by relevant agencies—including government ministries, customs authorities, port authorities and other control agencies—per export shipment are taken into account. For landlocked economies, documents required by authorities in the transit economy are also included. Since payment is by letter of credit, all documents required by banks for the issuance or securing of a letter of credit are also taken into account. Documents that are requested at the time of clearance but that are valid for a year or longer or do not require renewal per shipment (for example, an annual tax clearance certificate) are not included. Documents that are required by customs authorities purely for purposes of preferential treatment but are not required for any other purpose by any of the authorities in the process of trading are not included. The component indicator is computed based on the methodology in the DB06-15 studies.