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

India: Trading across borders: Time to export: Documentary compliance was 93.7 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
93.7
Change on year
up 1.8%
World rank
72nd
of 191 countries
All-time high
93.7
in 2019
All-time low
76.05
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

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

0204060801002014201620192014: 76.12015: 76.12016: 77.92017: 77.92018: 922019: 93.7

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, trading across borders: time to export: documentary compliance in India stood at 93.7. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 23.2% over ten years.

India ranks 72nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Trading across borders: Time to export: Documentary compliance (hours) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in India, 2014 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2014 76.05 —
2015 76.05 +0.0%
2016 77.88 +2.4%
2017 77.88 +0.0%
2018 92.04 +18.2%
2019 93.7 +1.8%

India compared with similar countries

  • India's 93.7 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 65.09, 1.4× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • India's 93.7 is above the median for South Asia, which is 73.67, 1.3× the median. (6 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near India

  1. 69 Saudi Arabia 94.08 compare
  2. 69 Togo 94.08 compare
  3. 71 Thailand 93.92 compare
  4. 73 Brazil 93.49 compare
  5. 73 Bahamas 93.49 compare
  6. 73 Dominica 93.49 compare
  7. 73 Suriname 93.49 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders: time to export: documentary compliance in India?
Trading across borders: time to export: documentary compliance in India was 93.7 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders: time to export: documentary compliance recorded in India?
The highest recorded value was 93.7 in 2019.
What is the lowest trading across borders: time to export: documentary compliance recorded in India?
The lowest recorded value was 76.05 in 2014.
How does India rank for trading across borders: time to export: documentary compliance?
India ranks 72nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders: time to export: documentary compliance rising or falling in India?
Over the last ten years it is up 23.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this India 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.