Trading across borders: Time to import: Border compliance (hours) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score by country
The score for the time for border compliance 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...
Countries reporting
188
Highest
100
Austria
Lowest
0
Yemen
Median
81.12
Years covered
6
2014–2019
Data points
1,139
What the numbers show
Trading across borders: Time to import: Border compliance (hours) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 100 in Austria; the lowest is 0 in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 81.12, and the mean is 75.52.
Over the past decade 51 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 5,100.0%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela (down 100.0%).
Trading across borders: Time to import: Border compliance (hours) (DB1: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austria | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belgium | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belarus | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Switzerland | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Czechia | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Germany | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Denmark | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Spain | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Estonia | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | France | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Greece | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Croatia | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hungary | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Italy | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Lithuania | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Luxembourg | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Latvia | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Netherlands | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Poland | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Portugal | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Romania | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovakia | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovenia | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sweden | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | United States | 99.82 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Malta | 99.8 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Canada | 99.64 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Finland | 99.64 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Kazakhstan | 99.64 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Norway | 99.64 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Armenia | 99.45 | 2019 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 33 | United Kingdom | 99.28 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 34 | Eswatini | 99.26 | 2019 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 35 | Botswana | 99.1 | 2019 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 36 | San Marino | 98.92 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 37 | Azerbaijan | 98.87 | 2019 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 38 | Moldova | 98.79 | 2019 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 39 | Lesotho | 98.75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 40 | Serbia | 98.71 | 2019 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 41 | Bhutan | 98.57 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 42 | Namibia | 98.39 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 43 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 98.23 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 44 | South Korea | 98.21 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 44 | Palestine | 98.21 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 44 | Uruguay | 98.21 | 2019 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 47 | Turkey | 98.03 | 2019 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 48 | Cambodia | 97.67 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 48 | North Macedonia | 97.67 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Mozambique | 97.13 | 2019 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 51 | Albania | 96.77 | 2019 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 52 | Laos | 96.59 | 2019 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 53 | Nepal | 96.42 | 2019 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 54 | Cyprus | 95.1 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 55 | Georgia | 94.98 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 56 | Hong Kong | 93.71 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 57 | Montenegro | 92.03 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Dominican Republic | 91.76 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Ecuador | 91.76 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Ireland | 91.76 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Iceland | 91.76 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Panama | 91.76 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Paraguay | 91.76 | 2019 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 64 | New Zealand | 91.4 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 65 | Tonga | 91.22 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 66 | Saint Lucia | 90.83 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 67 | Belize | 89.61 | 2019 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 67 | Brazil | 89.61 | 2019 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 67 | Russia | 89.61 | 2019 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 70 | Ukraine | 88.89 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 71 | Singapore | 88.53 | 2019 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 72 | Fiji | 87.9 | 2019 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 73 | China | 87.58 | 2019 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 74 | Malaysia | 87.46 | 2019 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 74 | El Salvador | 87.46 | 2019 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 76 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 87.05 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | Grenada | 86.98 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 78 | Australia | 86.38 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 78 | Oman | 86.38 | 2019 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 80 | Dominica | 86.28 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 81 | Japan | 86.16 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 82 | Mauritius | 85.66 | 2019 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 83 | Bahrain | 85.3 | 2019 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 84 | Mexico | 84.51 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 85 | Taiwan | 83.37 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 86 | Brunei | 83.15 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 86 | Mongolia | 83.15 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 86 | Puerto Rico | 83.15 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 86 | Qatar | 83.15 | 2019 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 86 | Suriname | 83.15 | 2019 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 86 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 83.15 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 92 | Thailand | 82.37 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 93 | Bahamas | 82.08 | 2019 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 94 | Senegal | 81.24 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 95 | United Arab Emirates | 81 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 95 | Chile | 81 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 97 | Malawi | 80.63 | 2019 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 98 | Micronesia (country) | 80.29 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 98 | Vietnam | 80.29 | 2019 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 100 | Morocco | 79.93 | 2019 | up 50.4% | rising |
| 101 | Argentina | 78.85 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Cape Verde | 78.85 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 103 | Antigua and Barbuda | 78.38 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 104 | Israel | 77.42 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 105 | India | 76.95 | 2019 | up 2,828.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Kyrgyzstan | 75.66 | 2019 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 107 | Mauritania | 75.63 | 2019 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 108 | Comoros | 75.17 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 109 | Angola | 74.55 | 2019 | up 5,100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Guatemala | 74.55 | 2019 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 109 | Kuwait | 74.55 | 2019 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 109 | Sri Lanka | 74.55 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 109 | Nicaragua | 74.55 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 109 | Peru | 74.55 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 109 | Papua New Guinea | 74.55 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 109 | Saudi Arabia | 74.55 | 2019 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Ethiopia | 74.47 | 2019 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 118 | Rwanda | 74.01 | 2019 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 119 | Niger | 72.4 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 119 | Trinidad and Tobago | 72.4 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Guinea | 72.09 | 2019 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 121 | Jordan | 72.09 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Libya | 72.09 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 124 | Costa Rica | 71.68 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 124 | Ghana | 71.68 | 2019 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 124 | Jamaica | 71.68 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 124 | Tunisia | 71.68 | 2019 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 128 | Barbados | 71.33 | 2019 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 129 | Benin | 70.97 | 2019 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 130 | Haiti | 70.61 | 2019 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 131 | Gabon | 70.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 131 | Guinea-Bissau | 70.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 131 | Guyana | 70.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 131 | Marshall Islands | 70.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 131 | Palau | 70.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 131 | Samoa | 70.25 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | Somalia | 69.89 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 138 | Gambia | 69.18 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 138 | South Africa | 69.18 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 140 | Afghanistan | 65.95 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 140 | Honduras | 65.95 | 2019 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 140 | Kiribati | 65.95 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 143 | Seychelles | 65.59 | 2019 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 144 | Mali | 65.11 | 2019 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 145 | Madagascar | 64.97 | 2019 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 146 | Indonesia | 64.75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Maldives | 64.52 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | East Timor | 64.52 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 149 | Burkina Faso | 63.8 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 150 | Tajikistan | 62.19 | 2019 | up 68.2% | rising |
| 151 | Solomon Islands | 61.65 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 152 | Uzbekistan | 60.71 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Colombia | 60.22 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Bolivia | 59.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 155 | Pakistan | 57.35 | 2019 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 155 | Philippines | 57.35 | 2019 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 155 | Sierra Leone | 57.35 | 2019 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 155 | Zambia | 57.35 | 2019 | down 19.6% | flat |
| 159 | Central African Republic | 56.73 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 160 | Cote d'Ivoire | 55.5 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 161 | Vanuatu | 55.2 | 2019 | up 87.8% | rising |
| 162 | Iraq | 53.52 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 163 | Iran | 49.82 | 2019 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 164 | Syria | 49.7 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 165 | Sudan | 48.75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 166 | Uganda | 48.39 | 2019 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 167 | Sao Tome and Principe | 46.59 | 2019 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 168 | Burundi | 45.05 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 169 | Togo | 40.14 | 2019 | up 740.0% | rising |
| 170 | South Sudan | 36.2 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 171 | Lebanon | 35.84 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 172 | Kenya | 30.82 | 2019 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 173 | Algeria | 25.24 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Bangladesh | 22.94 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 175 | Liberia | 22.58 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 176 | Zimbabwe | 18.76 | 2019 | down 76.2% | volatile |
| 177 | Myanmar | 17.92 | 2019 | down 68.8% | volatile |
| 178 | Egypt | 14.34 | 2019 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Equatorial Guinea | 14.34 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 180 | Nigeria | 13.72 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Chad | 13.62 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 182 | Cameroon | 3.23 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 183 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 183 | Congo | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 183 | Eritrea | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 183 | Tanzania | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 183 | Venezuela | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 183 | Yemen | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 98.39
About this data
The score for the time for border compliance 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 DB16-20 studies.