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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
186
Highest
100
Austria
Lowest
0
Venezuela
Median
82.76
Years covered
6
2014–2019
Data points
1,145

What the numbers show

Trading across borders: Time to import: Border compliance (hours) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 100 in Austria; the lowest is 0 in Venezuela.

The median across all reporting countries is 82.76, and the mean is 77.7.

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): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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
42 Kosovo 98.39 2019 unchanged flat
42 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 98.39 2019 unchanged flat
45 Bosnia and Herzegovina 98.23 2019 unchanged flat
46 South Korea 98.21 2019 unchanged flat
46 Palestine 98.21 2019 unchanged flat
46 Uruguay 98.21 2019 up 2.6% flat
49 Turkey 98.03 2019 up 10.1% rising
50 Cambodia 97.67 2019 unchanged flat
50 North Macedonia 97.67 2019 unchanged flat
52 Mozambique 97.13 2019 up 1.9% flat
53 Albania 96.77 2019 down 0.4% flat
54 Laos 96.59 2019 up 1.1% flat
55 Nepal 96.42 2019 up 23.8% rising
56 Cyprus 95.1 2019 unchanged flat
57 Georgia 94.98 2019 unchanged flat
58 Hong Kong 93.71 2019 unchanged flat
59 Montenegro 92.03 2019 unchanged flat
60 Dominican Republic 91.76 2019 unchanged flat
60 Ecuador 91.76 2019 unchanged flat
60 Ireland 91.76 2019 unchanged flat
60 Iceland 91.76 2019 unchanged flat
60 Panama 91.76 2019 unchanged flat
60 Paraguay 91.76 2019 up 10.3% rising
66 New Zealand 91.4 2019 unchanged flat
67 Tonga 91.22 2019 unchanged flat
68 Saint Lucia 90.83 2019 unchanged flat
69 Belize 89.61 2019 up 7.8% rising
69 Brazil 89.61 2019 up 9.2% rising
69 Russia 89.61 2019 up 3.6% flat
72 Ukraine 88.89 2019 unchanged flat
73 Singapore 88.53 2019 up 1.0% flat
74 Fiji 87.9 2019 up 3.0% flat
75 China 87.58 2019 up 30.2% rising
76 Malaysia 87.46 2019 up 17.3% rising
76 El Salvador 87.46 2019 down 7.7% falling
78 Saint Kitts and Nevis 87.05 2019 unchanged flat
79 Grenada 86.98 2019 unchanged flat
80 Australia 86.38 2019 down 0.8% flat
80 Oman 86.38 2019 up 29.8% rising
82 Dominica 86.28 2019 unchanged flat
83 Japan 86.16 2019 unchanged flat
84 Mauritius 85.66 2019 up 4.4% rising
85 Bahrain 85.3 2019 up 5.3% rising
86 Mexico 84.51 2019 unchanged flat
87 Taiwan 83.37 2019 unchanged flat
88 Brunei 83.15 2019 unchanged flat
88 Mongolia 83.15 2019 unchanged flat
88 Puerto Rico 83.15 2019 unchanged flat
88 Qatar 83.15 2019 up 46.2% rising
88 Suriname 83.15 2019 up 11.5% rising
88 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 83.15 2019 unchanged flat
94 Thailand 82.37 2019 unchanged flat
95 Bahamas 82.08 2019 up 26.5% rising
96 Senegal 81.24 2019 unchanged flat
97 United Arab Emirates 81 2019 unchanged flat
97 Chile 81 2019 unchanged flat
99 Malawi 80.63 2019 up 4.0% rising
100 Micronesia (country) 80.29 2019 unchanged flat
100 Vietnam 80.29 2019 up 3.7% flat
102 Morocco 79.93 2019 up 50.4% rising
103 Argentina 78.85 2019 unchanged flat
103 Cape Verde 78.85 2019 unchanged flat
105 Antigua and Barbuda 78.38 2019 unchanged flat
106 Israel 77.42 2019 unchanged flat
107 India 76.95 2019 up 2,828.4% volatile
108 Kyrgyzstan 75.66 2019 up 1.5% flat
109 Mauritania 75.63 2019 up 37.0% rising
110 Comoros 75.17 2019 unchanged flat
111 Angola 74.55 2019 up 5,100.0% volatile
111 Guatemala 74.55 2019 up 13.0% rising
111 Kuwait 74.55 2019 up 9.2% rising
111 Sri Lanka 74.55 2019 unchanged flat
111 Nicaragua 74.55 2019 unchanged flat
111 Peru 74.55 2019 unchanged flat
111 Papua New Guinea 74.55 2019 unchanged flat
111 Saudi Arabia 74.55 2019 up 300.0% volatile
119 Ethiopia 74.47 2019 up 21.6% rising
120 Rwanda 74.01 2019 down 20.0% rising
121 Niger 72.4 2019 unchanged rising
121 Trinidad and Tobago 72.4 2019 unchanged flat
123 Guinea 72.09 2019 up 6.3% rising
123 Jordan 72.09 2019 unchanged flat
123 Libya 72.09 2019 unchanged flat
126 Costa Rica 71.68 2019 unchanged flat
126 Ghana 71.68 2019 up 4.9% rising
126 Jamaica 71.68 2019 unchanged flat
126 Tunisia 71.68 2019 up 31.6% rising
130 Barbados 71.33 2019 up 13.1% rising
131 Benin 70.97 2019 up 57.1% rising
132 Haiti 70.61 2019 up 4.2% flat
133 Gabon 70.25 2019 unchanged flat
133 Guinea-Bissau 70.25 2019 unchanged flat
133 Guyana 70.25 2019 unchanged flat
133 Marshall Islands 70.25 2019 unchanged flat
133 Palau 70.25 2019 unchanged flat
133 Samoa 70.25 2019 unchanged flat
139 Somalia 69.89 2019 — flat
140 Gambia 69.18 2019 unchanged flat
140 South Africa 69.18 2019 unchanged flat
142 Afghanistan 65.95 2019 unchanged flat
142 Honduras 65.95 2019 down 17.9% falling
142 Kiribati 65.95 2019 unchanged flat
145 Seychelles 65.59 2019 up 1.1% flat
146 Mali 65.11 2019 up 4.0% flat
147 Madagascar 64.97 2019 up 19.8% rising
148 Indonesia 64.75 2019 unchanged flat
149 Maldives 64.52 2019 unchanged flat
149 East Timor 64.52 2019 unchanged flat
151 Burkina Faso 63.8 2019 unchanged flat
152 Tajikistan 62.19 2019 up 68.2% rising
153 Solomon Islands 61.65 2019 unchanged flat
154 Uzbekistan 60.71 2019 unchanged flat
155 Colombia 60.22 2019 unchanged flat
156 Bolivia 59.5 2019 unchanged flat
157 Djibouti 58.06 2019 unchanged flat
158 Pakistan 57.35 2019 up 7.6% rising
158 Philippines 57.35 2019 down 23.1% falling
158 Sierra Leone 57.35 2019 up 9.4% rising
158 Zambia 57.35 2019 down 19.6% flat
162 Central African Republic 56.73 2019 unchanged flat
163 Cote d'Ivoire 55.5 2019 unchanged flat
164 Vanuatu 55.2 2019 up 87.8% rising
165 Iraq 53.52 2019 unchanged flat
166 Iran 49.82 2019 up 5.1% rising
167 Syria 49.7 2019 unchanged flat
168 Sudan 48.75 2019 unchanged flat
169 Uganda 48.39 2019 up 7.4% rising
170 Sao Tome and Principe 46.59 2019 up 11.1% rising
171 Burundi 45.05 2019 unchanged flat
172 Togo 40.14 2019 up 740.0% rising
173 South Sudan 36.2 2019 unchanged flat
174 Lebanon 35.84 2019 unchanged flat
175 Kenya 30.82 2019 down 14.0% falling
176 Algeria 25.24 2019 — volatile
177 Bangladesh 22.94 2019 unchanged flat
178 Liberia 22.58 2019 unchanged flat
179 Zimbabwe 18.76 2019 down 76.2% volatile
180 Myanmar 17.92 2019 down 68.8% volatile
181 Egypt 14.34 2019 down 75.0% volatile
181 Equatorial Guinea 14.34 2019 unchanged flat
183 Nigeria 13.72 2019 — volatile
184 Chad 13.62 2019 unchanged flat
185 Cameroon 3.23 2019 unchanged flat
186 Venezuela 0 2019 down 100.0% falling

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Trading across borders: Time to import: Border 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 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.