Trading across borders: Documents to import (number) (DB06-15) in Malawi

Malawi: Trading across borders: Documents to import (number) (DB06-15) was 23.08 in 2014. ▼ Falling

Latest (2014)
23.08
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
173rd
of 184 countries
All-time high
30.77
in 2005
All-time low
23.08
in 2011
Years of data
10
2005–2014

Trading across borders: Documents to import (number) (DB06-15) in Malawi, 2005–2014

01020302005200920142005: 30.82006: 30.82007: 30.82008: 30.82009: 30.82010: 30.82011: 23.12012: 23.12013: 23.12014: 23.1

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2014, trading across borders: documents to import (number) (db06-15) in Malawi stood at 23.08. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.

That represents a change of down 25.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, trading across borders: documents to import (number) (db06-15) in Malawi peaked at 30.77 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 23.08, in 2011.

Malawi ranks 173rd of 184 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Trading across borders: Documents to import (number) (DB06-15) in Malawi, year by year

Annual values for Trading across borders: Documents to import (number) (DB06-15 methodology) - Score in Malawi, 2005 to 2014.
Year Value Change
2005 30.77 —
2006 30.77 +0.0%
2007 30.77 +0.0%
2008 30.77 +0.0%
2009 30.77 +0.0%
2010 30.77 +0.0%
2011 23.08 -25.0%
2012 23.08 +0.0%
2013 23.08 +0.0%
2014 23.08 +0.0%

Malawi compared with similar countries

  • Malawi's 23.08 is below the median for low income countries, which is 38.46, 60% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
  • Malawi's 23.08 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 53.85, 43% of the median. (46 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 30.77 30.77 30.77 5
2010s 24.62 23.08 30.77 5

Countries ranked near Malawi

  1. 173 Burkina Faso 23.08 compare
  2. 173 Cameroon 23.08 compare
  3. 173 Eritrea 23.08 compare
  4. 173 Kazakhstan 23.08 compare
  5. 173 Liberia 23.08 compare
  6. 173 Mongolia 23.08 compare
  7. 173 Tajikistan 23.08 compare

See the full ranking of 184 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders: documents to import (number) (db06-15) in Malawi?
Trading across borders: documents to import (number) (db06-15) in Malawi was 23.08 in 2014, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders: documents to import (number) (db06-15) recorded in Malawi?
The highest recorded value was 30.77 in 2005.
What is the lowest trading across borders: documents to import (number) (db06-15) recorded in Malawi?
The lowest recorded value was 23.08 in 2011.
How does Malawi rank for trading across borders: documents to import (number) (db06-15)?
Malawi ranks 173rd out of 184 countries with data for 2014.
Is trading across borders: documents to import (number) (db06-15) rising or falling in Malawi?
Over the last ten years it is down 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Malawi data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Trading across borders: Documents to import (number) (DB06-15 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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
184 places, 1,819 data points, 2005–2014
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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.