Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance was 87.03 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
87.03
Change on year
up 38.7%
World rank
91st
of 191 countries
All-time high
87.03
in 2019
All-time low
45.57
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

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

0204060802014201620192014: 45.62015: 45.62016: 45.62017: 49.42018: 62.82019: 87

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance in Saudi Arabia is 87.03, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 38.7% on the previous year and up 91.0% over ten years.

That places Saudi Arabia 91st 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 Saudi Arabia, year by year

Annual values for Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance (hours) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Saudi Arabia, 2014 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2014 45.57 —
2015 45.57 +0.0%
2016 45.57 +0.0%
2017 49.37 +8.3%
2018 62.76 +27.1%
2019 87.03 +38.7%

Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries

  • Saudi Arabia's 87.03 is below the median for high income countries, which is 99.76, 87% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Saudi Arabia's 87.03 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 75.31, 1.2× the median. (23 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia

  1. 88 Tunisia 89.15 compare
  2. 89 Haiti 88.7 compare
  3. 90 Gambia 87.24 compare
  4. 91 Guatemala 87.03 compare
  5. 93 Seychelles 86.61 compare
  6. 94 Saint Kitts and Nevis 86.55 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance in Saudi Arabia?
Trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance in Saudi Arabia was 87.03 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance recorded in Saudi Arabia?
The highest recorded value was 87.03 in 2019.
What is the lowest trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance recorded in Saudi Arabia?
The lowest recorded value was 45.57 in 2014.
How does Saudi Arabia rank for trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance?
Saudi Arabia ranks 91st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
Over the last ten years it is up 91.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.