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

Jamaica: Trading across borders: Time to export: Documentary compliance was 72.78 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
72.78
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
112th
of 191 countries
All-time high
72.78
in 2016
All-time low
64.07
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

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

0204060802014201620192014: 64.12015: 64.12016: 72.82017: 72.82018: 72.82019: 72.8

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, trading across borders: time to export: documentary compliance in Jamaica stood at 72.78. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.6% over ten years.

Jamaica ranks 112th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Trading across borders: Time to export: Documentary compliance (hours) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Jamaica, 2014 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2014 64.07 —
2015 64.07 +0.0%
2016 72.78 +13.6%
2017 72.78 +0.0%
2018 72.78 +0.0%
2019 72.78 +0.0%

Jamaica compared with similar countries

  • Jamaica's 72.78 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 86.39, 84% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Jamaica's 72.78 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 86.39, 84% of the median. (33 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Jamaica

  1. 109 Nepal 75.15 compare
  2. 110 Seychelles 74.77 compare
  3. 111 Sao Tome and Principe 73.22 compare
  4. 113 Barbados 72.19 compare
  5. 113 Benin 72.19 compare
  6. 113 Central African Republic 72.19 compare
  7. 113 Colombia 72.19 compare
  8. 113 Gambia 72.19 compare
  9. 113 Guatemala 72.19 compare
  10. 113 Honduras 72.19 compare
  11. 113 Lebanon 72.19 compare
  12. 113 Maldives 72.19 compare
  13. 113 Mali 72.19 compare
  14. 113 Moldova 72.19 compare
  15. 113 Nicaragua 72.19 compare
  16. 113 Papua New Guinea 72.19 compare
  17. 113 Sri Lanka 72.19 compare
  18. 113 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 72.19 compare
  19. 113 Syria 72.19 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 Jamaica?
Trading across borders: time to export: documentary compliance in Jamaica was 72.78 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders: time to export: documentary compliance recorded in Jamaica?
The highest recorded value was 72.78 in 2016.
What is the lowest trading across borders: time to export: documentary compliance recorded in Jamaica?
The lowest recorded value was 64.07 in 2014.
How does Jamaica rank for trading across borders: time to export: documentary compliance?
Jamaica ranks 112th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders: time to export: documentary compliance rising or falling in Jamaica?
Over the last ten years it is up 13.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Jamaica 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.