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

India: Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance was 92.1 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
92.1
Change on year
up 4.7%
World rank
76th
of 191 countries
All-time high
92.1
in 2019
All-time low
73.93
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

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

0204060801002014201620192014: 73.92015: 73.92016: 74.82017: 74.82018: 882019: 92.1

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance in India is 92.1, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.7% on the previous year and up 24.6% over ten years.

That places India 76th 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 India, year by year

Annual values for Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance (hours) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in India, 2014 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2014 73.93 —
2015 73.93 +0.0%
2016 74.77 +1.1%
2017 74.77 +0.0%
2018 87.99 +17.7%
2019 92.1 +4.7%

India compared with similar countries

  • India's 92.1 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 75.31, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • India's 92.1 is above the median for South Asia, which is 80.33, 1.1× the median. (6 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near India

  1. 74 Sao Tome and Principe 93.31 compare
  2. 75 Mexico 93.07 compare
  3. 77 Brazil 90.38 compare
  4. 77 Cape Verde 90.38 compare
  5. 77 Dominica 90.38 compare
  6. 77 Grenada 90.38 compare
  7. 77 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 90.38 compare
  8. 77 Suriname 90.38 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance in India?
Trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance in India was 92.1 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance recorded in India?
The highest recorded value was 92.1 in 2019.
What is the lowest trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance recorded in India?
The lowest recorded value was 73.93 in 2014.
How does India rank for trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance?
India ranks 76th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance rising or falling in India?
Over the last ten years it is up 24.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this India 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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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.