Trading across borders: Time to export: Documentary compliance in China

China: Trading across borders: Time to export: Documentary compliance was 95.49 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
95.49
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
61st
of 191 countries
All-time high
95.49
in 2018
All-time low
88.05
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

Trading across borders: Time to export: Documentary compliance in China, 2014–2019

0204060801002014201620192014: 882015: 882016: 882017: 882018: 95.52019: 95.5

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for trading across borders: time to export: documentary compliance in China is 95.49, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

The figure is up 8.4% over ten years.

China ranks 61st of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Trading across borders: Time to export: Documentary compliance in China, year by year

Annual values for Trading across borders: Time to export: Documentary compliance (hours) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in China, 2014 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2014 88.05 —
2015 88.05 +0.0%
2016 88.05 +0.0%
2017 88.05 +0.0%
2018 95.49 +8.4%
2019 95.49 +0.0%

China compared with similar countries

  • China's 95.49 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 86.39, 1.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • China's 95.49 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 80.18, 1.2× the median. (28 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near China

  1. 58 Australia 96.45 compare
  2. 58 Oman 96.45 compare
  3. 60 Mexico 95.86 compare
  4. 62 Bhutan 95.27 compare
  5. 62 Mauritius 95.27 compare
  6. 64 El Salvador 95.07 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders: time to export: documentary compliance in China?
Trading across borders: time to export: documentary compliance in China was 95.49 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders: time to export: documentary compliance recorded in China?
The highest recorded value was 95.49 in 2018.
What is the lowest trading across borders: time to export: documentary compliance recorded in China?
The lowest recorded value was 88.05 in 2014.
How does China rank for trading across borders: time to export: documentary compliance?
China ranks 61st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders: time to export: documentary compliance rising or falling in China?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this China data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Trading across borders: Time to export: Documentary compliance (hours) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Trading across borders: Time to export: Documentary compliance (hours) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 1,145 data points, 2014–2019
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The score for the time for documentary compliance 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 DB16-20 studies.