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

Kenya: Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance was 75.31 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
75.31
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
128th
of 191 countries
All-time high
75.31
in 2017
All-time low
65.27
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

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

0204060802014201620192014: 65.32015: 65.32016: 65.32017: 75.32018: 75.32019: 75.3

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Kenya recorded 75.31 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 15.4% over ten years.

Kenya ranks 128th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance (hours) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Kenya, 2014 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2014 65.27 —
2015 65.27 +0.0%
2016 65.27 +0.0%
2017 75.31 +15.4%
2018 75.31 +0.0%
2019 75.31 +0.0%

Kenya compared with similar countries

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

Countries ranked near Kenya

  1. 125 Jamaica 76.99 compare
  2. 126 Madagascar 76.3 compare
  3. 127 Benin 75.87 compare
  4. 128 Bahrain 75.31 compare
  5. 128 Laos 75.31 compare
  6. 128 Marshall Islands 75.31 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance in Kenya?
Trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance in Kenya was 75.31 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance recorded in Kenya?
The highest recorded value was 75.31 in 2017.
What is the lowest trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance recorded in Kenya?
The lowest recorded value was 65.27 in 2014.
How does Kenya rank for trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance?
Kenya ranks 128th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance rising or falling in Kenya?
Over the last ten years it is up 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Kenya 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.