Trading across borders: Time to export (days) (DB06-15 methodology) - Score by country
The score for the time to export 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.
What the numbers show
Trading across borders: Time to export (days) (DB06-15 methodology) - Score is currently reported for 181 countries. The highest value is 100 in Denmark; the lowest is 0 in Venezuela.
The median across all reporting countries is 76.96, and the mean is 69.08.
Over the past decade 116 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Madagascar (up 540.0%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela (down 100.0%).
Trading across borders: Time to export (days) (DB06-15 methodology): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 100 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Estonia | 100 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 100 | 2014 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 1 | Singapore | 100 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United States | 100 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates | 97.92 | 2014 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 6 | Cyprus | 97.92 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Netherlands | 97.92 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Canada | 95.83 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Switzerland | 95.83 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Dominican Republic | 95.83 | 2014 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 95.83 | 2014 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 9 | Ireland | 95.83 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | South Korea | 95.83 | 2014 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 9 | Luxembourg | 95.83 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Norway | 95.83 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 17 | Australia | 93.75 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 17 | Belgium | 93.75 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 17 | Germany | 93.75 | 2014 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 17 | Finland | 93.75 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 17 | Georgia | 93.75 | 2014 | β | rising |
| 17 | Grenada | 93.75 | 2014 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 17 | Sweden | 93.75 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Austria | 91.67 | 2014 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 24 | Spain | 91.67 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | France | 91.67 | 2014 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 24 | Iceland | 91.67 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Israel | 91.67 | 2014 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 24 | Lithuania | 91.67 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Latvia | 91.67 | 2014 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 24 | Morocco | 91.67 | 2014 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 24 | Mauritius | 91.67 | 2014 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 24 | New Zealand | 91.67 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Oman | 91.67 | 2014 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 24 | Panama | 91.67 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Taiwan | 91.67 | 2014 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 37 | Bahrain | 89.58 | 2014 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 37 | Japan | 89.58 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 37 | Malaysia | 89.58 | 2014 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 37 | Trinidad and Tobago | 89.58 | 2014 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 41 | Argentina | 87.5 | 2014 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 41 | Egypt | 87.5 | 2014 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 41 | Honduras | 87.5 | 2014 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 41 | Jordan | 87.5 | 2014 | up 61.5% | rising |
| 41 | North Macedonia | 87.5 | 2014 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 41 | Peru | 87.5 | 2014 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 41 | Senegal | 87.5 | 2014 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 41 | Serbia | 87.5 | 2014 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 41 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 87.5 | 2014 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 50 | Mexico | 87.46 | 2014 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 51 | Dominica | 85.42 | 2014 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 51 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 85.42 | 2014 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 51 | Romania | 85.42 | 2014 | up 57.7% | rising |
| 51 | Saudi Arabia | 85.42 | 2014 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 51 | El Salvador | 85.42 | 2014 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 51 | Turkey | 85.42 | 2014 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 57 | Brazil | 84.6 | 2014 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 58 | Colombia | 83.33 | 2014 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 58 | Costa Rica | 83.33 | 2014 | up 122.2% | rising |
| 58 | Saint Lucia | 83.33 | 2014 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 58 | Montenegro | 83.33 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Thailand | 83.33 | 2014 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 63 | Belarus | 81.25 | 2014 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 63 | Chile | 81.25 | 2014 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 63 | Greece | 81.25 | 2014 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 63 | Kuwait | 81.25 | 2014 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 63 | Liberia | 81.25 | 2014 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 63 | Philippines | 81.25 | 2014 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 63 | Poland | 81.25 | 2014 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 63 | Puerto Rico | 81.25 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 63 | Portugal | 81.25 | 2014 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 63 | Qatar | 81.25 | 2014 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 63 | Uruguay | 81.25 | 2014 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 74 | Armenia | 79.17 | 2014 | up 123.5% | rising |
| 74 | Antigua and Barbuda | 79.17 | 2014 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 74 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 79.17 | 2014 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 74 | Croatia | 79.17 | 2014 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 74 | Sri Lanka | 79.17 | 2014 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 74 | Slovakia | 79.17 | 2014 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 74 | Slovenia | 79.17 | 2014 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 74 | Seychelles | 79.17 | 2014 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 74 | Tunisia | 79.17 | 2014 | unchanged | rising |
| 74 | South Africa | 79.17 | 2014 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 84 | Belize | 77.08 | 2014 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 84 | Czechia | 77.08 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | Algeria | 77.08 | 2014 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 84 | Guatemala | 77.08 | 2014 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 84 | Hungary | 77.08 | 2014 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 84 | Indonesia | 77.08 | 2014 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 84 | Eswatini | 77.08 | 2014 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 91 | India | 76.96 | 2014 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 92 | Bulgaria | 75 | 2014 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 92 | Syria | 75 | 2014 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 92 | Tanzania | 75 | 2014 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 95 | Albania | 72.92 | 2014 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 95 | Bahamas | 72.92 | 2014 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 95 | Brunei | 72.92 | 2014 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 95 | Ecuador | 72.92 | 2014 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 95 | Fiji | 72.92 | 2014 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 95 | Ghana | 72.92 | 2014 | up 400.0% | rising |
| 95 | Gambia | 72.92 | 2014 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 95 | Guyana | 72.92 | 2014 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 95 | Italy | 72.92 | 2014 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 104 | Cape Verde | 70.83 | 2014 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 104 | Gabon | 70.83 | 2014 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 104 | Jamaica | 70.83 | 2014 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 104 | Kiribati | 70.83 | 2014 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 108 | Pakistan | 69.38 | 2014 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 109 | China | 68.75 | 2014 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 109 | Maldives | 68.75 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 109 | Mozambique | 68.75 | 2014 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 109 | Nicaragua | 68.75 | 2014 | up 106.2% | rising |
| 109 | Vietnam | 68.75 | 2014 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 109 | Vanuatu | 68.75 | 2014 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 109 | Samoa | 68.75 | 2014 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 116 | Russia | 68.54 | 2014 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 117 | Bolivia | 66.67 | 2014 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 117 | Cambodia | 66.67 | 2014 | up 190.9% | rising |
| 117 | Lebanon | 66.67 | 2014 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 117 | Madagascar | 66.67 | 2014 | up 540.0% | rising |
| 117 | Solomon Islands | 66.67 | 2014 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 117 | Suriname | 66.67 | 2014 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 117 | Tonga | 66.67 | 2014 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 124 | Nigeria | 64.75 | 2014 | up 139.1% | rising |
| 125 | Cameroon | 64.58 | 2014 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 125 | Laos | 64.58 | 2014 | β | volatile |
| 125 | Moldova | 64.58 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 125 | Marshall Islands | 64.58 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 125 | Papua New Guinea | 64.58 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 125 | Palestine | 64.58 | 2014 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 131 | Namibia | 62.5 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 131 | Togo | 62.5 | 2014 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 133 | Benin | 60.42 | 2014 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 133 | Cote d'Ivoire | 60.42 | 2014 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 133 | Guinea-Bissau | 60.42 | 2014 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 133 | Iran | 60.42 | 2014 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 133 | Sierra Leone | 60.42 | 2014 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 138 | Kenya | 58.33 | 2014 | up 211.1% | rising |
| 138 | Mali | 58.33 | 2014 | up 180.0% | rising |
| 138 | Palau | 58.33 | 2014 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 138 | Rwanda | 58.33 | 2014 | β | volatile |
| 138 | Sao Tome and Principe | 58.33 | 2014 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 143 | Azerbaijan | 56.25 | 2014 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 143 | Botswana | 56.25 | 2014 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 145 | Haiti | 54.17 | 2014 | up 160.0% | rising |
| 145 | East Timor | 54.17 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 145 | Uganda | 54.17 | 2014 | up 62.5% | rising |
| 148 | Bangladesh | 53.46 | 2014 | up 71.1% | rising |
| 149 | Equatorial Guinea | 52.08 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 149 | Paraguay | 52.08 | 2014 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 149 | Ukraine | 52.08 | 2014 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 149 | Yemen | 52.08 | 2014 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 153 | Micronesia (country) | 50 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Comoros | 47.92 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Lesotho | 47.92 | 2014 | up 130.0% | rising |
| 154 | Mauritania | 47.92 | 2014 | up 64.3% | rising |
| 157 | Burundi | 45.83 | 2014 | up 214.3% | rising |
| 157 | Sudan | 45.83 | 2014 | β | volatile |
| 159 | Malawi | 41.67 | 2014 | up 122.2% | rising |
| 160 | Guinea | 37.5 | 2014 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 161 | Bhutan | 33.33 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Angola | 29.17 | 2014 | β | volatile |
| 162 | Nepal | 29.17 | 2014 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 164 | Burkina Faso | 27.08 | 2014 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 165 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 20.83 | 2014 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 165 | Ethiopia | 20.83 | 2014 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 165 | Mongolia | 20.83 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | Central African Republic | 16.67 | 2014 | β | volatile |
| 169 | Congo | 8.33 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 169 | Eritrea | 8.33 | 2014 | β | volatile |
| 171 | Zambia | 6.25 | 2014 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Zimbabwe | 2.08 | 2014 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 173 | Afghanistan | 0 | 2014 | β | flat |
| 173 | Iraq | 0 | 2014 | β | flat |
| 173 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 2014 | β | flat |
| 173 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 2014 | β | flat |
| 173 | Niger | 0 | 2014 | β | flat |
| 173 | Chad | 0 | 2014 | β | flat |
| 173 | Tajikistan | 0 | 2014 | β | flat |
| 173 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 2014 | β | flat |
| 173 | Venezuela | 0 | 2014 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 81.25
About this data
The score for the time to export 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.