Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance in Democratic Republic of Congo

Democratic Republic of Congo: Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance was 27.62 in 2019. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2019)
27.62
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
178th
of 191 countries
All-time high
27.62
in 2018
All-time low
10.04
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance in Democratic Republic of Congo, 2014–2019

01020302014201620192014: 102015: 102016: 102017: 102018: 27.62019: 27.6

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance in Democratic Republic of Congo stood at 27.62. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

The figure is up 175.0% over ten years.

That places Democratic Republic of Congo 178th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance in Democratic Republic of Congo, year by year

Annual values for Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance (hours) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Democratic Republic of Congo, 2014 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2014 10.04 —
2015 10.04 +0.0%
2016 10.04 +0.0%
2017 10.04 +0.0%
2018 27.62 +175.0%
2019 27.62 +0.0%

Democratic Republic of Congo compared with similar countries

  • Democratic Republic of Congo's 27.62 is below the median for low income countries, which is 47.7, 58% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
  • Democratic Republic of Congo's 27.62 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 67.36, 41% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance in Democratic Republic of Congo?
Trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance in Democratic Republic of Congo was 27.62 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance recorded in Democratic Republic of Congo?
The highest recorded value was 27.62 in 2018.
What is the lowest trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance recorded in Democratic Republic of Congo?
The lowest recorded value was 10.04 in 2014.
How does Democratic Republic of Congo rank for trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance?
Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 178th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance rising or falling in Democratic Republic of Congo?
Over the last ten years it is up 175.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Democratic Republic of Congo 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.