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

China: Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance was 95.06 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
95.06
Change on year
up 5.2%
World rank
68th
of 191 countries
All-time high
95.06
in 2019
All-time low
72.93
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

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

0204060801002014201620192014: 72.92015: 72.92016: 72.92017: 72.92018: 90.42019: 95.1

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

China recorded 95.06 for trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

The figure is up 5.2% on the previous year and up 30.4% over ten years.

That places China 68th 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 China, year by year

Annual values for Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance (hours) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in China, 2014 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2014 72.93 —
2015 72.93 +0.0%
2016 72.93 +0.0%
2017 72.93 +0.0%
2018 90.38 +23.9%
2019 95.06 +5.2%

China compared with similar countries

  • China's 95.06 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 89.85, 1.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • China's 95.06 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 81.17, 1.2× the median. (28 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near China

  1. 66 Mauritius 96.81 compare
  2. 67 United Arab Emirates 95.4 compare
  3. 69 El Salvador 94.84 compare
  4. 70 Dominican Republic 94.77 compare
  5. 71 Saint Lucia 94.53 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance in China?
Trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance in China was 95.06 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance recorded in China?
The highest recorded value was 95.06 in 2019.
What is the lowest trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance recorded in China?
The lowest recorded value was 72.93 in 2014.
How does China rank for trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance?
China ranks 68th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance rising or falling in China?
Over the last ten years it is up 30.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this China 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.