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

Nigeria: Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance was 50.21 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
50.21
Change on year
up 25.0%
World rank
160th
of 191 countries
All-time high
50.21
in 2019
All-time low
28.15
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

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

02040602014201620192014: 28.22015: 28.22016: 28.22017: 28.22018: 40.22019: 50.2

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance in Nigeria is 50.21, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

The figure is up 25.0% on the previous year and up 78.3% over ten years.

Nigeria ranks 160th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Annual values for Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance (hours) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Nigeria, 2014 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2014 28.15 —
2015 28.15 +0.0%
2016 28.15 +0.0%
2017 28.15 +0.0%
2018 40.17 +42.7%
2019 50.21 +25.0%

Nigeria compared with similar countries

  • Nigeria's 50.21 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 75.31, 67% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Nigeria's 50.21 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 67.36, 75% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Nigeria

  1. 158 Indonesia 55.97 compare
  2. 159 Mongolia 52.44 compare
  3. 160 Central African Republic 50.21 compare
  4. 160 Ecuador 50.21 compare
  5. 160 Gabon 50.21 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 Nigeria?
Trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance in Nigeria was 50.21 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance recorded in Nigeria?
The highest recorded value was 50.21 in 2019.
What is the lowest trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance recorded in Nigeria?
The lowest recorded value was 28.15 in 2014.
How does Nigeria rank for trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance?
Nigeria ranks 160th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance rising or falling in Nigeria?
Over the last ten years it is up 78.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Nigeria 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.