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Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance in South Africa

South Africa: Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance was 85.36 in 2019. β–¬ Flat

Latest (2019)
85.36
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
96th
of 190 countries
All-time high
85.36
in 2014
All-time low
85.36
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

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

0204060802014201620192014: 85.42015: 85.42016: 85.42017: 85.42018: 85.42019: 85.4

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance in South Africa stood at 85.36. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

South Africa ranks 96th of 190 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near South Africa

  1. 93 Saint Kitts and Nevis 86.55 compare
  2. 94 Fiji 86.3 compare
  3. 95 Micronesia 85.77 compare
  4. 96 Belize 85.36 compare
  5. 96 Chile 85.36 compare
  6. 96 Ghana 85.36 compare
  7. 96 Guinea-Bissau 85.36 compare
  8. 96 Paraguay 85.36 compare

See the full ranking of 190 places β†’

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All data for South Africa β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance in South Africa?
Trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance in South Africa was 85.36 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance recorded in South Africa?
The highest recorded value was 85.36 in 2014.
What is the lowest trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance recorded in South Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 85.36 in 2014.
How does South Africa rank for trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance?
South Africa ranks 96th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance rising or falling in South Africa?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this South Africa 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
190 places, 1,139 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.