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

Jamaica: Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance was 76.99 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
76.99
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
125th
of 191 countries
All-time high
76.99
in 2017
All-time low
70.29
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

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

0204060802014201620192014: 70.32015: 70.32016: 70.32017: 772018: 772019: 77

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance in Jamaica stood at 76.99. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

The figure is up 9.5% over ten years.

Jamaica ranks 125th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance (hours) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Jamaica, 2014 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2014 70.29 —
2015 70.29 +0.0%
2016 70.29 +0.0%
2017 76.99 +9.5%
2018 76.99 +0.0%
2019 76.99 +0.0%

Jamaica compared with similar countries

  • Jamaica's 76.99 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 89.85, 86% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Jamaica's 76.99 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 86.55, 89% of the median. (33 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Jamaica

  1. 122 Djibouti 79.5 compare
  2. 123 Jordan 77.47 compare
  3. 124 Malawi 77.41 compare
  4. 126 Madagascar 76.3 compare
  5. 127 Benin 75.87 compare
  6. 128 Bahrain 75.31 compare
  7. 128 Kenya 75.31 compare
  8. 128 Laos 75.31 compare
  9. 128 Marshall Islands 75.31 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 Jamaica?
Trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance in Jamaica was 76.99 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance recorded in Jamaica?
The highest recorded value was 76.99 in 2017.
What is the lowest trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance recorded in Jamaica?
The lowest recorded value was 70.29 in 2014.
How does Jamaica rank for trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance?
Jamaica ranks 125th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance rising or falling in Jamaica?
Over the last ten years it is up 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Jamaica 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.