Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone: Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance was 66.11 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
66.11
Change on year
up 53.6%
World rank
146th
of 191 countries
All-time high
66.11
in 2019
All-time low
43.04
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

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

02040602014201620192014: 432015: 432016: 432017: 432018: 432019: 66.1

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance in Sierra Leone stood at 66.11. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

The figure is up 53.6% on the previous year and up 53.6% over ten years.

That places Sierra Leone 146th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Annual values for Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance (hours) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Sierra Leone, 2014 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2014 43.04 —
2015 43.04 +0.0%
2016 43.04 +0.0%
2017 43.04 +0.0%
2018 43.04 +0.0%
2019 66.11 +53.6%

Sierra Leone compared with similar countries

  • Sierra Leone's 66.11 is above the median for low income countries, which is 47.7, 1.4× the median. (24 countries reporting)
  • Sierra Leone's 66.11 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 67.36, 98% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Sierra Leone

  1. 144 Mali 68.2 compare
  2. 145 Zimbabwe 66.53 compare
  3. 147 Kyrgyzstan 65.27 compare
  4. 148 Cote d'Ivoire 63.12 compare
  5. 149 Pakistan 60.25 compare
  6. 149 Algeria 60.25 compare
  7. 149 Angola 60.25 compare
  8. 149 Burkina Faso 60.25 compare
  9. 149 Kuwait 60.25 compare
  10. 149 Libya 60.25 compare
  11. 149 Palau 60.25 compare
  12. 149 Philippines 60.25 compare
  13. 149 Uganda 60.25 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance in Sierra Leone?
Trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance in Sierra Leone was 66.11 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance recorded in Sierra Leone?
The highest recorded value was 66.11 in 2019.
What is the lowest trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance recorded in Sierra Leone?
The lowest recorded value was 43.04 in 2014.
How does Sierra Leone rank for trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance?
Sierra Leone ranks 146th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
Over the last ten years it is up 53.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sierra Leone 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.