Statizoid

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

The score for the number of documents to import benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance, and is computed based on the methodology in the DB06-15 studies.

Countries reporting
181
Highest
100
France
Lowest
0
Central African Republic
Median
61.54
Years covered
10
2005–2014
Data points
1,813

What the numbers show

Trading across borders: Documents to import (number) (DB06-15 methodology) - Score is currently reported for 181 countries. The highest value is 100 in France; the lowest is 0 in Central African Republic.

The median across all reporting countries is 61.54, and the mean is 59.58.

Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in France (up 550.0%), and the largest decrease in Cameroon (down 40.0%).

Trading across borders: Documents to import (number) (DB06-15 methodol: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 France 100 2014 up 550.0% rising
1 Ireland 100 2014 unchanged flat
3 Canada 92.31 2014 unchanged flat
3 Denmark 92.31 2014 unchanged flat
3 Hong Kong 92.31 2014 up 71.4% rising
3 Italy 92.31 2014 unchanged flat
3 South Korea 92.31 2014 up 71.4% rising
3 Panama 92.31 2014 unchanged flat
3 Singapore 92.31 2014 unchanged flat
3 Sweden 92.31 2014 unchanged flat
11 Austria 84.62 2014 unchanged flat
11 Belgium 84.62 2014 unchanged flat
11 Switzerland 84.62 2014 unchanged flat
11 Germany 84.62 2014 unchanged flat
11 Spain 84.62 2014 up 10.0% rising
11 Estonia 84.62 2014 unchanged flat
11 United Kingdom 84.62 2014 unchanged flat
11 Georgia 84.62 2014 — rising
11 Iceland 84.62 2014 unchanged flat
11 Israel 84.62 2014 unchanged flat
11 Luxembourg 84.62 2014 unchanged flat
11 Mexico 84.62 2014 unchanged flat
11 Malaysia 84.62 2014 unchanged flat
11 Netherlands 84.62 2014 up 10.0% rising
11 Poland 84.62 2014 unchanged flat
11 Portugal 84.62 2014 unchanged flat
27 United Arab Emirates 76.92 2014 up 25.0% rising
27 Bulgaria 76.92 2014 up 42.9% rising
27 Bahamas 76.92 2014 unchanged flat
27 Brunei 76.92 2014 unchanged flat
27 Chile 76.92 2014 unchanged flat
27 China 76.92 2014 up 11.1% rising
27 Costa Rica 76.92 2014 unchanged flat
27 Dominican Republic 76.92 2014 up 66.7% rising
27 Finland 76.92 2014 unchanged flat
27 Japan 76.92 2014 unchanged flat
27 Lithuania 76.92 2014 unchanged flat
27 Latvia 76.92 2014 unchanged flat
27 Marshall Islands 76.92 2014 unchanged flat
27 Montenegro 76.92 2014 up 11.1% rising
27 Mauritius 76.92 2014 up 11.1% rising
27 Nicaragua 76.92 2014 up 25.0% rising
27 Norway 76.92 2014 unchanged flat
27 Solomon Islands 76.92 2014 unchanged flat
27 Slovakia 76.92 2014 unchanged flat
27 Seychelles 76.92 2014 unchanged flat
27 Thailand 76.92 2014 up 233.3% rising
27 United States 76.92 2014 unchanged flat
49 Bolivia 69.23 2014 unchanged flat
49 Botswana 69.23 2014 up 12.5% rising
49 Colombia 69.23 2014 unchanged flat
49 Czechia 69.23 2014 unchanged flat
49 Ecuador 69.23 2014 up 12.5% rising
49 Micronesia (country) 69.23 2014 unchanged flat
49 Gambia 69.23 2014 unchanged flat
49 Guinea-Bissau 69.23 2014 unchanged flat
49 Equatorial Guinea 69.23 2014 unchanged flat
49 Greece 69.23 2014 unchanged flat
49 Grenada 69.23 2014 unchanged flat
49 Guatemala 69.23 2014 down 25.0% falling
49 Honduras 69.23 2014 up 12.5% rising
49 Hungary 69.23 2014 unchanged flat
49 Kiribati 69.23 2014 unchanged flat
49 Morocco 69.23 2014 up 12.5% rising
49 New Zealand 69.23 2014 unchanged flat
49 Palestine 69.23 2014 unchanged flat
49 Romania 69.23 2014 — rising
49 Senegal 69.23 2014 up 200.0% rising
49 Sao Tome and Principe 69.23 2014 unchanged flat
49 Suriname 69.23 2014 unchanged flat
49 Eswatini 69.23 2014 up 12.5% rising
49 Tonga 69.23 2014 unchanged flat
49 Tunisia 69.23 2014 unchanged flat
49 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 69.23 2014 unchanged flat
49 Samoa 69.23 2014 unchanged flat
49 South Africa 69.23 2014 up 12.5% rising
49 Taiwan 69.23 2014 unchanged flat
78 Antigua and Barbuda 61.54 2014 down 20.0% falling
78 Australia 61.54 2014 unchanged flat
78 Benin 61.54 2014 up 33.3% rising
78 Belize 61.54 2014 unchanged flat
78 Cape Verde 61.54 2014 unchanged flat
78 Cyprus 61.54 2014 unchanged flat
78 Ghana 61.54 2014 unchanged flat
78 Guyana 61.54 2014 unchanged flat
78 Croatia 61.54 2014 unchanged flat
78 Jamaica 61.54 2014 up 33.3% rising
78 Jordan 61.54 2014 up 166.7% rising
78 Saint Kitts and Nevis 61.54 2014 unchanged flat
78 Lebanon 61.54 2014 up 100.0% rising
78 Sri Lanka 61.54 2014 up 60.0% rising
78 Lesotho 61.54 2014 up 14.3% rising
78 Namibia 61.54 2014 unchanged flat
78 Peru 61.54 2014 unchanged flat
78 Philippines 61.54 2014 up 14.3% rising
78 Qatar 61.54 2014 unchanged flat
78 Sudan 61.54 2014 unchanged flat
78 El Salvador 61.54 2014 up 33.3% rising
78 Serbia 61.54 2014 unchanged flat
78 Slovenia 61.54 2014 unchanged flat
78 Togo 61.54 2014 up 60.0% rising
78 East Timor 61.54 2014 unchanged flat
78 Uruguay 61.54 2014 unchanged flat
78 Vanuatu 61.54 2014 unchanged flat
105 Albania 53.85 2014 unchanged flat
105 Argentina 53.85 2014 down 22.2% falling
105 Armenia 53.85 2014 down 22.2% falling
105 Bahrain 53.85 2014 unchanged flat
105 Bosnia and Herzegovina 53.85 2014 down 12.5% falling
105 Brazil 53.85 2014 unchanged flat
105 Comoros 53.85 2014 unchanged flat
105 Dominica 53.85 2014 unchanged flat
105 Gabon 53.85 2014 down 12.5% falling
105 Guinea 53.85 2014 unchanged flat
105 Indonesia 53.85 2014 unchanged flat
105 North Macedonia 53.85 2014 up 16.7% rising
105 Mauritania 53.85 2014 unchanged flat
105 Oman 53.85 2014 unchanged flat
105 Pakistan 53.85 2014 unchanged flat
105 Puerto Rico 53.85 2014 unchanged flat
105 Saudi Arabia 53.85 2014 unchanged flat
105 Sierra Leone 53.85 2014 unchanged flat
105 Turkey 53.85 2014 up 250.0% rising
105 Vietnam 53.85 2014 unchanged flat
105 Zambia 53.85 2014 up 16.7% rising
105 Zimbabwe 53.85 2014 up 16.7% rising
127 Angola 46.15 2014 down 14.3% falling
127 Burundi 46.15 2014 up 20.0% rising
127 Bangladesh 46.15 2014 unchanged flat
127 Algeria 46.15 2014 unchanged flat
127 Fiji 46.15 2014 unchanged flat
127 Haiti 46.15 2014 unchanged flat
127 Kenya 46.15 2014 up 500.0% rising
127 Cambodia 46.15 2014 up 50.0% rising
127 Madagascar 46.15 2014 up 50.0% rising
127 Maldives 46.15 2014 unchanged flat
127 Mozambique 46.15 2014 unchanged flat
127 Palau 46.15 2014 unchanged flat
127 Papua New Guinea 46.15 2014 unchanged flat
127 Paraguay 46.15 2014 unchanged flat
127 Rwanda 46.15 2014 — volatile
127 Syria 46.15 2014 unchanged flat
127 Ukraine 46.15 2014 unchanged flat
127 Venezuela 46.15 2014 up 200.0% rising
127 Yemen 46.15 2014 unchanged flat
146 Afghanistan 38.46 2014 unchanged flat
146 Belarus 38.46 2014 unchanged flat
146 Democratic Republic of Congo 38.46 2014 down 16.7% falling
146 Congo 38.46 2014 unchanged flat
146 Egypt 38.46 2014 up 25.0% rising
146 India 38.46 2014 unchanged flat
146 Iraq 38.46 2014 unchanged flat
146 Kuwait 38.46 2014 unchanged flat
146 Laos 38.46 2014 — rising
146 Niger 38.46 2014 unchanged flat
146 Russia 38.46 2014 up 66.7% rising
146 Trinidad and Tobago 38.46 2014 unchanged flat
146 Uganda 38.46 2014 — rising
159 Azerbaijan 30.77 2014 unchanged flat
159 Bhutan 30.77 2014 unchanged flat
159 Ethiopia 30.77 2014 unchanged flat
159 Iran 30.77 2014 unchanged flat
159 Kyrgyzstan 30.77 2014 — volatile
159 Saint Lucia 30.77 2014 unchanged flat
159 Moldova 30.77 2014 unchanged flat
159 Mali 30.77 2014 up 33.3% rising
159 Nepal 30.77 2014 unchanged flat
159 Chad 30.77 2014 down 20.0% falling
159 Tanzania 30.77 2014 — rising
170 Burkina Faso 23.08 2014 up 50.0% rising
170 Cameroon 23.08 2014 down 40.0% falling
170 Eritrea 23.08 2014 unchanged flat
170 Kazakhstan 23.08 2014 up 50.0% rising
170 Liberia 23.08 2014 unchanged flat
170 Mongolia 23.08 2014 unchanged flat
170 Malawi 23.08 2014 down 25.0% falling
170 Tajikistan 23.08 2014 up 50.0% rising
178 Cote d'Ivoire 15.38 2014 unchanged flat
178 Nigeria 15.38 2014 — rising
178 Uzbekistan 15.38 2014 — volatile
181 Central African Republic 0 2014 — flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Trading across borders: Documents to import (number) (DB06-15 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
183 places, 1,813 data points, 2005–2014
Last refreshed

The score for the number of documents to import benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance, and is computed based on the methodology in the DB06-15 studies.