Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance in Benin

Benin: Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance was 75.87 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
75.87
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
127th
of 191 countries
All-time high
75.87
in 2015
All-time low
45.75
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance in Benin, 2014–2019

0204060802014201620192014: 45.72015: 75.92016: 75.92017: 75.92018: 75.92019: 75.9

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance in Benin stood at 75.87. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

The figure is up 65.9% over ten years.

That places Benin 127th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance in Benin, year by year

Annual values for Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance (hours) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Benin, 2014 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2014 45.75 —
2015 75.87 +65.9%
2016 75.87 +0.0%
2017 75.87 +0.0%
2018 75.87 +0.0%
2019 75.87 +0.0%

Benin compared with similar countries

  • Benin's 75.87 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 75.31, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Benin's 75.87 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 67.36, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Benin

  1. 124 Malawi 77.41 compare
  2. 125 Jamaica 76.99 compare
  3. 126 Madagascar 76.3 compare
  4. 128 Bahrain 75.31 compare
  5. 128 Kenya 75.31 compare
  6. 128 Laos 75.31 compare
  7. 128 Marshall Islands 75.31 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance in Benin?
Trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance in Benin was 75.87 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance recorded in Benin?
The highest recorded value was 75.87 in 2015.
What is the lowest trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance recorded in Benin?
The lowest recorded value was 45.75 in 2014.
How does Benin rank for trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance?
Benin ranks 127th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance rising or falling in Benin?
Over the last ten years it is up 65.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Benin data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Trading across borders: Time to import: 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 import: 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 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.