Trading across borders: Time to import: Border compliance (hours) in Kenya

Kenya: Trading across borders: Time to import: Border compliance (hours) was 30.82 in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
30.82
Change on year
down 14.0%
World rank
175th
of 191 countries
All-time high
35.84
in 2014
All-time low
30.82
in 2019
Years of data
6
2014–2019

Trading across borders: Time to import: Border compliance (hours) in Kenya, 2014–2019

0102030402014201620192014: 35.82015: 35.82016: 35.82017: 35.82018: 35.82019: 30.8

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, trading across borders: time to import: border compliance (hours) in Kenya stood at 30.82. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.0% on the previous year and down 14.0% over ten years.

That places Kenya 175th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Trading across borders: Time to import: Border compliance (hours) in Kenya, year by year

Annual values for Trading across borders: Time to import: Border compliance (hours) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Kenya, 2014 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2014 35.84 —
2015 35.84 +0.0%
2016 35.84 +0.0%
2017 35.84 +0.0%
2018 35.84 +0.0%
2019 30.82 -14.0%

Kenya compared with similar countries

  • Kenya's 30.82 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 65.95, 47% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Kenya's 30.82 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 65.35, 47% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Kenya

  1. 172 Togo 40.14 compare
  2. 173 South Sudan 36.2 compare
  3. 174 Lebanon 35.84 compare
  4. 176 Algeria 25.24 compare
  5. 177 Bangladesh 22.94 compare
  6. 178 Liberia 22.58 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders: time to import: border compliance (hours) in Kenya?
Trading across borders: time to import: border compliance (hours) in Kenya was 30.82 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders: time to import: border compliance (hours) recorded in Kenya?
The highest recorded value was 35.84 in 2014.
What is the lowest trading across borders: time to import: border compliance (hours) recorded in Kenya?
The lowest recorded value was 30.82 in 2019.
How does Kenya rank for trading across borders: time to import: border compliance (hours)?
Kenya ranks 175th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders: time to import: border compliance (hours) rising or falling in Kenya?
Over the last ten years it is down 14.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Kenya data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Trading across borders: Time to import: Border compliance (hours) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
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.